shopping from Willoughby's ?[Ebay]

whufee

hi, i am going to buy a pentax lens from this ebayer, but not sure about this seller, does any one have good experience of this guy? thanks.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwilloughbyscamera

5uspect

I rather harshly tend to take the decimal after 99% as an indicator of an ebay sellers rating rather than the percentage.
So this guy is at 98.5 which I would have issues with. But thats just me as I have no experience of t his guy.

Placebo

he only has a small amount of negs when compared to th amount hes sold but looking at some of the reps.


ordered dec 13 not it's jan 23 still no lens this place it rip off Stay away Buyer:
russian727
IKON Zoom Telephoto AF VR Zoom Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8D (#130182081664) US $1,689.0

Took 23 days to arrive coupled with a $110 delivery and customs charge Buyer:
tillyandjack
SIGMA Zoom Wide AngleTele 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 FOR SIGMA (#130185378073)

I paid on January 9th, I didn't receive neither the goods or any communication Buyer:
Jan-24-08 01:04
NIKON Fisheye 10.5mm f/2.8G ED AF DX Fisheye-Nikkor (#130188241982) US $639.00


reading from the last it is possibly the items are just arriving LATE. but not sure if its wortht he hassel

5uspect

He's probably okay but I'm paranoid about ebay sellers.

Freddie59

5uspect wrote: »

He's probably okay but I'm paranoid about ebay sellers.

Don't be.:) I've bought about 40 - 50 items since 2004 and only ever had a problem with one - a dispute over postage. Read the feedback VERY carefully though. It's a great indicator. Personally I wouldn't deal with anything less than 99.7% positive feedback if at all possible. Works for me.:D

Valentia

Freddie59 wrote: »

Don't be.:) I've bought about 40 - 50 items since 2004 and only ever had a problem with one - a dispute over postage. Read the feedback VERY carefully though. It's a great indicator. Personally I wouldn't deal with anything less than 99.7% positive feedback if at all possible. Works for me.:D

Agree completely. The rating is not good enough in this case I think.

Valentia

Just had a look at his shop. There are way too many negatives for such a small number of sales. You will nearly be guarenteed to be caught for duty and vat from the US.

whufee

Valentia wrote: »

Just had a look at his shop. There are way too many negatives for such a small number of sales. You will nearly be guarenteed to be caught for duty and vat from the US.

thats wht i am worried about !!! the lens cost nearly 500Euro, so if i caught, there will be 100euro for VAT, the UK dealer only sell at 570 euro....


there is another ebay sponsor called 'adorama' the price of this [Pentax Star DA 16-50mm F/2.8]lens is really good, but just not sure about shipping and VAT...hate 21%!!!

Freddie59

whufee wrote: »

thats wht i am worried about !!! the lens cost nearly 500Euro, so if i caught, there will be 100euro for VAT, the UK dealer only sell at 570 euro....


there is another ebay sponsor called 'adorama' the price of this [Pentax Star DA 16-50mm F/2.8]lens is really good, but just not sure about shipping and VAT...hate 21%!!!

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/pentaxuseruk

Try this one. Any use to you?

whufee

Freddie59 wrote: »

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/pentaxuseruk

Try this one. Any use to you?

thank you, but actually i am looking for this baby:
http://www.pentax.co.uk/_uk/photo/lenses/index.php?lenses&gruppe=201&artikel_nr=21650