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Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?

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Re: Second-hand Fujifilm shortage on ebay & prices going up?

I think it’s a mix of things affecting used prices generally.  Firstly there’s the supply shortage on new cameras, making upgrading more difficult and costly hence people are less keen to part with their old gear at all, or for less.

Secondly I do think the pace of improvement has slowed (saying it kindly) meaning the older models still have relatively high appeal.  Some in particular remain in quite high demand as reliable, competent, near ideal cameras, whilst their newer equivalents may be slightly more controversial in design or slightly lacking in the reliability department (naming no model names).

Thirdly of course in the UK right now you have a lot of economic uncertainty and that’s going to slow trade down generally as people hold fire on new purchases and make do for now.

I don’t think it’s an eBay problem at all.  As has been said, while there may be plentiful supply on places like MPB the prices are similarly inflated.  Having said that, I’d always buy from somewhere like MPB rather than ebay anyway as there’s simply less chance of getting ripped off.

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Fujifilm X-Pro3 Fujifilm X-E1 Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Fujifilm XF 18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR
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