Originally posted by chickentender A little window into the inflated price and popularity of the K1000, as told by the up-to-date used inventory price list at a shop nearby to me...
All of these are CLA'd before sale and do not include glass.
I don't see these as inflated prices for 2016 on a classic camera that is slowly vanishing and has been CLA'd by a retail shop. Like cars or any retail outlet, they do need to pay rent, employees, insurance, utilities, etc, and can't compete price wise with
private party internet sales in which there is much more risk. It also means the original owners that sold those cameras may have gotten a little better deal from the shop as a trade-in or outright sale. If KEH is cheaper, it's because of their volume and their probably offering less credit to the seller.
Whenever there is a steal or deal, it's exactly that, and those retail used prices are fair, not any more inflated than the price of most used items that have been "pre-owned" but cleaned up and tested by a dealership. Wouldn't it be great if there were a Kelley Blue Book for cameras with categories like Used, Trade-in, New, and then you could enter your zip code, actuations/shutter count, condition, special features, etc?