Sharing my experience today.
As i have been looking for a Leica M6 for some time on CS to no sucess, i decided to source the standard various penin-adelph shops to see if there is any being price somewhere around what i would expect from CS, knowing that shops normally charge more.
I was actually looking for around 1.6/7 k.
I was looking for a normal M6, not TTL one. Penin's PNG had one, black colour x0.85, really nice condition. going for 1.8k. Fair enough. The only other place which had one was the camera workshop, on the shelve behind the counter.
Stepped in to ask for the price. Note that i was genuinely asking for the price and would consider buying it if it met my price. The guy whom i approached didnt know what a M6 was. asking me if it was a digital camera. Nvm. I pointed to it straight away since it seemed like the only one they had. He asked the lady at the counter for the price as he didnt know the price.
The lady looked at me, glance over to her fellow staff infront of her, paused awhile, and said 2790 in hokkien to the uncle whom i approached, which was translated to english to me from him.
2790 for an only average condition black non-TTL 2ndhand m6. And it was pretty obvious i was given that price probly because :
1) I looked young, and probly to them, clueless about what a Leica m6 is so just whack me a price.
2) I'm probly GENERALLY too young to be serious to get one so just name me this price to get me out of their shop.
Enough said, i found it really insulting. Correct me if that Is NOT the usual price for an obviously 2nd hand, average condition with a few scratches, non TTL , normal black m6.
The purpose of this thread is, to let my community here know , to BEWARE, caveat emptor, about such shops and the people working in it.
ESPECIALLY, to people around my age. Cause they might just bite your head off, thinking you're just some dumb-f.
cheers!
As i have been looking for a Leica M6 for some time on CS to no sucess, i decided to source the standard various penin-adelph shops to see if there is any being price somewhere around what i would expect from CS, knowing that shops normally charge more.
I was actually looking for around 1.6/7 k.
I was looking for a normal M6, not TTL one. Penin's PNG had one, black colour x0.85, really nice condition. going for 1.8k. Fair enough. The only other place which had one was the camera workshop, on the shelve behind the counter.
Stepped in to ask for the price. Note that i was genuinely asking for the price and would consider buying it if it met my price. The guy whom i approached didnt know what a M6 was. asking me if it was a digital camera. Nvm. I pointed to it straight away since it seemed like the only one they had. He asked the lady at the counter for the price as he didnt know the price.
The lady looked at me, glance over to her fellow staff infront of her, paused awhile, and said 2790 in hokkien to the uncle whom i approached, which was translated to english to me from him.
2790 for an only average condition black non-TTL 2ndhand m6. And it was pretty obvious i was given that price probly because :
1) I looked young, and probly to them, clueless about what a Leica m6 is so just whack me a price.
2) I'm probly GENERALLY too young to be serious to get one so just name me this price to get me out of their shop.
Enough said, i found it really insulting. Correct me if that Is NOT the usual price for an obviously 2nd hand, average condition with a few scratches, non TTL , normal black m6.
The purpose of this thread is, to let my community here know , to BEWARE, caveat emptor, about such shops and the people working in it.
ESPECIALLY, to people around my age. Cause they might just bite your head off, thinking you're just some dumb-f.
cheers!
