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Not mine. He has two new ones for sale. Expensive
New Pentax A 50mm F1.2 K-7 K-m K-x LX MX Z-1 PZ-1 - eBay (item 180458914979 end time Feb-18-10 19:14:58 PST)

[asdf]

Terry...Sham?

[Phaser]

Yes that's the seller.

[farfisa]

Terry...Sham?

Ha! Don't say he didn't warn you!

[HermanLee]

Terry...Sham?

Ha! Don't say he didn't warn you!

????....what's wrong with the seller? is it a scam?

[Novocain]

????....what's wrong with the seller? is it a scam?

For $900, I hope it's a scam.
Otherwise I'd never be able to afford anything like it if that's what the market is dictating.

[Miserere]

sham
  noun, adjective, verb, shammed, sham⋅ming.

–noun
1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
2. a person who shams; shammer.
3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.

–adjective
4. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
5. designed, made, or used as a sham.

–verb (used with object)
6. to produce an imitation of.
7. to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.

–verb (used without object)
8. to make a false show of something; pretend.

Origin:
1670–80; orig. uncert.


Best eBay username EVER! Especially considering the price he's selling that lens for.

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[Phaser]

Hes name is funny but he has 205sales 100% positive so it's a good change it's not a sham/scam
He is also located in tokyo so maybe the name sounds better there.
Prize is high but how often do NEW ones come on the market? If it's not a scam this is somthing for a collector.

One thing is certain, and that is i cant afford it

[wallyb]

Terry (cloth) and sham(my) towel... that's what my mind went to.

[Pentaxor]

got my copy for $600 brand new, made in Japan and ordered from Japan.

[Pentaxor]

fwiw, I do see quite a few sell for about 900 bucks brand new. so the price is quite right on, but he added a bit of 90 bucks for gas I suppose.

for someone who have the cash, this would be ok. but as much as possible, you'd be better off to look for a used copy which sells for about a 1/2 of how much mr. sham is selling it for.

[Miserere]

got my copy for $600 brand new, made in Japan and ordered from Japan.

Last year they could even be had new-in-box for as low $500. I find $900 a bit excessive, don't you?

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[Pentaxor]

Last year they could even be had new-in-box for as low $500. I find $900 a bit excessive, don't you?

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YES !

although the $500 would had probably been an old stock. the owner would probably been very pleased with that purchase. $900 is just well, not worth it unless it is the limited edition.

[HermanLee]

sham
  noun, adjective, verb, shammed, sham⋅ming.

–noun
1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
2. a person who shams; shammer.
3. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.

–adjective
4. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
5. designed, made, or used as a sham.

–verb (used with object)
6. to produce an imitation of.
7. to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.

–verb (used without object)
8. to make a false show of something; pretend.

Origin:
1670–80; orig. uncert.


Best eBay username EVER! Especially considering the price he's selling that lens for.

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LOL...
I didn't think that way.
I thought that seller cheated some people already but when I click that ebay link, he got 100% feedback so I thought I might have missed the news.

Thanks for clearing that up.

[stevebrot]

He is also located in tokyo so maybe the name sounds better there...

Lens is in Hong Kong...probably sounds a lot better there!

Steve