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Heldur · 01-10-2009, 06:33 AM

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Saw this ebay ad for pentax mg and lenses which has a you tube video attached. Watch the video!
Pentax 35mm camera & 3 lenses: 1 Albinar Telephoto Lens - eBay (item 370139456810 end time Jan-10-09 09:47:41 PST)

Heldur · 01-10-2009, 06:52 AM

couldnt embed video

heatherslightbox · 01-10-2009, 07:19 AM

That's a different way to sell items on Fleabay--I wouldn't have even thought of it myself. In that guy's case, he probably woul've been better off without it. Anyway, it's good for a chuckle or 2.

Heather

HouseOfHorla · 01-10-2009, 07:30 AM

there's something a little unpleasant about the way he's handling that. camera pron!

Mark2100 · 01-10-2009, 10:16 AM

LMAO!!!!!! That is sooooo funny!!!!

"It looks pretty good except for my fingerprints on it"

I love the question he answered at the bottom of the page:

Q: what are the lenses?
A: you attach them to a camera and they help you take pictures

JCSullivan · 01-10-2009, 11:06 AM

That's an ingenious way of selling.

Heldur · 01-10-2009, 11:24 AM

“Semi colon or is that a colon I am havin a brain freeze here”

“Well thats another lens there a speciality hexanon whatever the hell that means”

and at 2.13 I think I heard someone in the background say

“Hey cletus git here and look what ya cousin Bobby did in the crapper!”

geauxpez · 01-10-2009, 11:32 AM

Originally posted by Heldur

...and at 2.13 I think I heard someone in the background say

“Hey cletus git here and look what ya cousin Bobby did in the crapper!”

HA ha ha!

The spelling alone would scare me away from the auction, but the video is far more frightening.

pasipasi · 01-10-2009, 12:05 PM

Gotta love the way he's handling the gear

MrEspie · 01-10-2009, 01:16 PM

Wow, that is certainly frightening. Nauseating even.

I say we add this guy to the purge list, no?

Urmas R. · 01-12-2009, 02:55 PM

This is creepy. I can't sleep for days now.

So what do you guess, how many guys in ebay are actually selling lenses and handling them this way?

séamuis · 01-12-2009, 03:26 PM

that guy is officially an idiot. it was just stupidly annoying until he started handling the smc-M 50mm that way. at that point I wanted to just punch that guy in the face for being so ignorant about proper lens and optics handling.

and by the way, I did not laugh nor find that video funny in the least bit. disturbing, annoying, irritating, rage inducing? yes. funny? no.

**RobA_Oz** · 01-12-2009, 03:36 PM

Definitely not a laugh.

It's the seller's casual indifference to his own ignorance - probably the inevitable outcome of the ubiquity of manufactured "cool" - that's particularly disturbing.

I wonder what his personal relationships are like, not that I really want to know the details.

magnum1 · 01-12-2009, 04:09 PM

A real photographer must have bought it.....................................anywho.......

code4code5 · 01-12-2009, 04:23 PM

I think this guy's life can probably be summed up by the "Everlast" sweat band on his right wrist. Dumba$$. I really liked the comment that film photographers "like to pretend that they have to do something to develop" images.

01-10-2009, 06:33 AM	#1
Heldur New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 16	Good laugh Staff note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means Pentax Forums may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. If you would like to support the forum directly, you may also make a donation here. Saw this ebay ad for pentax mg and lenses which has a you tube video attached. Watch the video! Pentax 35mm camera & 3 lenses: 1 Albinar Telephoto Lens - eBay (item 370139456810 end time Jan-10-09 09:47:41 PST)

01-10-2009, 06:52 AM	#2
Heldur New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 16 Original Poster	couldnt embed video Last edited by Heldur; 01-10-2009 at 06:53 AM. Reason: couldnt embed video

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01-10-2009, 07:19 AM	#3
heatherslightbox Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Gainesville, FL Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,599	That's a different way to sell items on Fleabay--I wouldn't have even thought of it myself. In that guy's case, he probably woul've been better off without it. Anyway, it's good for a chuckle or 2. Heather

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HouseOfHorla Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Teddington, Middx - UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 185	there's something a little unpleasant about the way he's handling that. camera pron!

01-10-2009, 10:16 AM	#5
Mark2100 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 185	LMAO!!!!!! That is sooooo funny!!!! "It looks pretty good except for my fingerprints on it" I love the question he answered at the bottom of the page: Q: what are the lenses? A: you attach them to a camera and they help you take pictures

01-10-2009, 11:06 AM	#6
JCSullivan Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Windsor, Canada Posts: 3,056	That's an ingenious way of selling.

01-10-2009, 11:24 AM	#7
Heldur New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 16 Original Poster	“Semi colon or is that a colon I am havin a brain freeze here” “Well thats another lens there a speciality hexanon whatever the hell that means” and at 2.13 I think I heard someone in the background say “Hey cletus git here and look what ya cousin Bobby did in the crapper!”

01-10-2009, 11:32 AM	#8
geauxpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,196	Originally posted by Heldur ...and at 2.13 I think I heard someone in the background say “Hey cletus git here and look what ya cousin Bobby did in the crapper!” HA ha ha! The spelling alone would scare me away from the auction, but the video is far more frightening.

01-10-2009, 12:05 PM	#9
pasipasi Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Oulu Photos: Gallery Posts: 532	Gotta love the way he's handling the gear

01-10-2009, 01:16 PM	#10
MrEspie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: University of Waterloo, ON Photos: Gallery Posts: 239	Wow, that is certainly frightening. Nauseating even. I say we add this guy to the purge list, no?

01-12-2009, 02:55 PM	#11
Urmas R. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 179	This is creepy. I can't sleep for days now. So what do you guess, how many guys in ebay are actually selling lenses and handling them this way?

01-12-2009, 03:26 PM	#12
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	that guy is officially an idiot. it was just stupidly annoying until he started handling the smc-M 50mm that way. at that point I wanted to just punch that guy in the face for being so ignorant about proper lens and optics handling. and by the way, I did not laugh nor find that video funny in the least bit. disturbing, annoying, irritating, rage inducing? yes. funny? no.

01-12-2009, 03:36 PM	#13
RobA_Oz Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tasmania, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,209	Definitely not a laugh. It's the seller's casual indifference to his own ignorance - probably the inevitable outcome of the ubiquity of manufactured "cool" - that's particularly disturbing. I wonder what his personal relationships are like, not that I really want to know the details.

01-12-2009, 04:09 PM	#14
magnum1 Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Niagara, Wisconsin U.S. of Ay. Posts: 394	A real photographer must have bought it.....................................anywho.......

01-12-2009, 04:23 PM	#15
code4code5 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver, CO Photos: Gallery Posts: 438	I think this guy's life can probably be summed up by the "Everlast" sweat band on his right wrist. Dumba$$. I really liked the comment that film photographers "like to pretend that they have to do something to develop" images.

Good laugh

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