[Konvas] Phantom Lens Set on Ebay?

[Peter Haas]

On Jan 3, 2009, at 10:02 AM, FauxFilm at aol.com wrote:

> I'll agree... I know primes set prices have gone up since the last  
> time I bought any (a couple of years ago), but they seem high.   
> QUITE high.  If they were superspeeds and a known brand....maybe.   
> But these are 2.1's  and of completely unknown origin.
>
> If they were a desirable type/brand surely the seller would be  
> touting that, rather than being so purposely mysterious about it:  
> "Note: This set of lenses is not Arriflex Zeiss"
>

The seller is a well-known hoarder of all-things-cine.

He's got cameras and lenses from the 40s through the present day in  
his "bunker" high up in the Coast Range Mountains, in Frazier, CA.

He almost always prices his stuff as if it was worth a million bucks,  
and perhaps it was ... once.

It is by now quite common to include in an ePay official description  
all kinds of trademarks to fool the unwary.

RED is now a popular item, so expect to see RED included in all kinds  
of items which are not in any way related to RED, just as PANAVISION  
and ARRI were incorporated into descriptions in the past.

"Maker unknown" is just that seller's way of saying "I know the  
maker, but I don't want to tell you, lest you be disinterested in my  
stuff".

It is tantamount to selling something as-is with the claim  
"Untested", when the reality is "Tested, and known to be defective".