Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:39 PM 6/12/96 +0000, you wrote: >I can't believe what I'm hearing. Stan Tamarkin is a lovely guy who >gave up other lucrative avenues in his life to pursue his love of >Leica. He started small, and by good trading practices and an ethic >that is exemplary, built the business into arguably the finest >dealership in the U.S. > >He's generally competitive, one of the most knowledgeable collectors >around, has a well trained staff of also knowledgeable people and is >generous to a fault to groups within Leicadom [sic]. If his sin is >that he is wealthy enough to be the high bidder in an auction, then, >Stan, my hat is doffed to you! > >Exercise your prerogative to not patronize the man, BUT, for heaven >sakes, do it for the right reasons, NOT because he is wealthy. Are >they smiles I see on the faces of Marx, Lenin and Stalin down there? >-- >Roger Beamon, Natural History Interpreter & Photographer > Docent, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum > INTERNET: beamon@primenet.com > Roger, I agree with you 100%. All dealings I've had with him and his company were excellent. More power to him, although I would like to see a picture of the camera he bought! Dick Hemingway Norman, OK