eBay!!!

Wow, I know I’ve been spending a bit lately and otherwise rather busy, but I just received an email-based eBay alert for a particular camera lens I’ve been looking for. The Canon Life-Size Converter EF is an add-on for my current macro lens, the EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro, which allows it to focus at 1:1. Normally this lens is $249 or so, with it showing up at online retailers for around $225 grey market.

For some reason the eBay auction for it was listed at $150 Buy It Now, even though the lens regularly gets bid up to over $180. And this one has the soft case, too.

So, basically, I ended up with the grey market lens and case for $165, shipped. Worst case, I should be able to re-sell it for at least what I paid…

I have to admit, the auction sounds pretty oddly listed, but we’ll see what comes up, I guess.

Oh, while I was typing this I received a few notes through eBay from the seller… < shrug > Sounds good thus far…