>>4463606>condolences to the one anon who buys cheapo pentax stuff from japan, you might want to skip ebay from now on and go YAJ/mercari via proxy, if you don't alreadymy gf is seething because usually i would bundle it with her used designer vintage purchases from buyee japan so the cost wasn't that bad otherwise you wouldnt see me buy $10-30 vintage lenses that cost $40-80 to ship. ironically she voted trump 2024...she's gonna end up a single issue voter.
im a little miffed because the pentax stuff i buy goes for literally 30-50% markup here. like im looking for a 50mm f1.4 prime for my new k1ii, its $60-80 on yahoo auctions and $120-140 here. 35mm f2 fa is $70-90 vs $170. often the sellers shipping from japan on ebay are simply just taking yahooauctions listings and reselling them + markup lol. and you probably still gonna get hit with tariffs going through them now.
i wanted a oem camera strap and magnification eyepiece, $17+25 from ricoh's store on rakuten vs $38 + $32 off ebay/amazon here.
we just missed the tarriffs on a $380 sonia rykiel handbag she bought that arrived this afternoon (its her money and as much as i bitch and moan about it shes not slowing down)
>>4463443i need all the cameras
you have to understand my last hobby (cars) had me spending $500-1000 bare minimum to do anything and sometimes i didnt even wanna spend the money its more like i had to because something broke or it was to avoid something even more expensive breaking
