"Alan Peterman" <alnospam@nospamscn.rain.com> wrote in message

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> This is nearly funny! He calls the condition excellent!

>

> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48556&item=3820296274>

Yes. I used to laugh at the Shutterbug ratings that the seller

was probably basing his (optimistic) "Ex" on - "90% original

finish", or some such. Never could figure out what that meant.

All like new, except that 10% of the finish can be missing?

The dents, dings, and scratches can be 10% through the

materials? What? It left the seller with lots of "wriggle" room,

and Shutterbug with lots of nice-sounding classified ads

with items that were not as one might expect from a description

of "excellent" ("very good" was actually "horrible"...;-). Then

there was that mysterious "mint+++", somehow distinguishable

from "like new"...;-) As for this lens, though, someone got what

may be normally a very interesting and expensive Nikkor in

usable condition for $86 plus shipping. Adding a $25 AI'ing job,

and it will fit many recent Nikon bodies. Not a bad deal....! ;-)

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David Ruether

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http://www.David-Ruether-Photography.com