r7photo Posted March 28, 2014 Share #21 Â Posted March 28, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Little confused on replies, so new lenses , will there be a bag with serial # or not Also on box will box be sealed Leica packaging very important for resale purposes, Â About to buy 35 lux Thxs Ronell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MarkP Posted March 28, 2014 Share #22  Posted March 28, 2014 Little confused on replies, so new lenses , will there be a bag with serial # or notAlso on box will box be sealed Leica packaging very important for resale purposes,  About to buy 35 lux Thxs Ronell  Oh we're all pulling your leg .  Seriously though, I would have thought that unlike the provision of the box (with matching sn), paperwork, and lens pouch, the presence or absence of the serial number on a plastic bag is irrelevant to resale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r7photo Posted March 28, 2014 Share #23 Â Posted March 28, 2014 Yes, just checking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted March 28, 2014 Share #24  Posted March 28, 2014 Someone actually uses their leather Leica lens pouch . I have never used the leather lens pouches as I think they are too bulky and cumbersome. They are all packed in the lens boxes with it's plastic bags and put away for if I ever come to sell the lens.  There is that little grey circular patch on the bottom of the pouch which I thought was to write on if you needed to ID the pouch/lens. However, that would of course significantly compromise the selling price on eBay.  My understanding was that the pouch was just like an expensive version of the plastic bag, but unlike the plastic bag it doesn't have a serial number.  Love those cases and use them constantly, even if they are in the camera bag, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 28, 2014 Share #25 Â Posted March 28, 2014 Little confused on replies, so new lenses , will there be a bag with serial # or notAlso on box will box be sealed Leica packaging very important for resale purposes, Â About to buy 35 lux Thxs Ronell I only buy lenses to use, not to sell. Should I decide, in the end, to sell it will be Condition A- or less through use and nobody will have the slightest interest in the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted March 28, 2014 Share #26 Â Posted March 28, 2014 But Jaap, many people do buy and then sell lenses for a variety of reasons so I can understand that they do want to maintain the option of the highest resale value possible. Â I buy and use my lenses not planing on resale, and I don't baby them. But they don't suffer that day-to-day wear and tear that more regularly used or professionally used equipment would invariably accumulate. I have only ever sold on three lenses, all bought new: a 28 Elmarit ASPH (replaced by the Summicron), a 35 Summarit (nice lens but just wasn't using that FL much and I have the Summilux FLE), and a Zeiss 4.5/21 (because of red edge). I have no doubt that the good prices I got were contributed to by the lenses being in excellent condition and the original packaging kept intact. Â I do still keep and put all of the packaging away (I never use the leather lens cases regardless) should I ever plan to sell a lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r7photo Posted March 28, 2014 Share #27 Â Posted March 28, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lots people trade sell and question always come up , original box papers Many sell trade for variety reasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 29, 2014 Share #28  Posted March 29, 2014 My experience selling them was different.. I find it does not make any difference for a user grade lens, which my lenses revert to pretty quickly. I would not pay one dollar more for a box, and not one cent for a plastic bag. As for leather pouches, I never can find the right one in my drawer anyway…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted March 29, 2014 Share #29 Â Posted March 29, 2014 and not one cent for a plastic bag( Â Think how much you've lost not selling those plastic bags with the serial numbers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkP Posted March 29, 2014 Share #30 Â Posted March 29, 2014 I find it does not make any difference for a user grade lens, which my lenses revert to pretty quickly.( Â but many peoples lenses don't de-grade that quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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