Originally posted by Fenwoodian .
I'm working on a project where I'm testing lots of inexpensive K mount lenses on my Pentax K-1 camera. In the last few weeks I purchased 14 older lenses on ebay. In each case, I did my due diligence, checking out the seller's feedback rating and asking them a few questions about the lens.
It has been getting worse over the years. Recently I had purchased a broken K series 28mm f3.5 that I was going to repair myself, was going to be a relatively simple repair. When I had received the lens it was in a barely padded envelope and the focus ring was completely smashed in. So instead of repairing a lens that was fine otherwise this thing gets destroyed by complete stupidity.
On a brighter note my 75-150 I bought was perfectly packaged and is in stellar shape.