Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been in his store several times; he strikes me as an honest person, with a full line camera store which has been in AZ for many years. You may wish to read others' ads, which adopt the same numbering system, before jumping to conclusions. Here, for example, is an extraxt of the Internet ad from Stan Tamarkin: Leica M5 Blk 2-lug #1291xxx , Ex++ $1995 $1795 Leica M5 Blk 2-lug #1290xxx , Ex++ $2395 $2195 Leica M5 Blk 3-lug #1299xxx , Ex+ $2450 $2250 Leica M5 Blk 2-lug #1348xxx , M- $2495 $2295 Notice anything similar? Thomas ---------- From: owner-leica-users To: leica-users Subject: Sandy Ritz's dubious advertising Date: Saturday, August 03, 1996 3:11PM Thomas Pindelski <ThomasP@POSTOFFICE.nacm.com> wrote: > By the way, here is Sandy Ritz's current list from: > http://www.ritzcam.com/catalog/Contents/LeicaMBodies.html > M2 w/ 50mm f2.8 Elmar as close to mint as I have ever seen! #942xxx [many other items described in the same way] Is this guy a fence? Why would anybody want to blank out part of the serial number like that, unless to prevent the owners of stolen property from identifying it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- jack@purr.demon.co.uk - Jack Campin, 2 Haddington Place, Edinburgh EH7 4AE