Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUGs, I have no problem with collectors. My problem is with collectible cameras that have never been used. As a result, they are probably in the same shape as a car that was driven one mile a day for thirty years. Best of light, Chris At 07:43 PM 2/1/97 -0500, you wrote: >Mr Cardish: Dear Sir I to am a collecter and I just do not understand how >I can be a problem to those folks that are users! I will not buy ANY >camera that is not mint, how does that effect you as users? If I pay >$600.00 for a mint III-F RD you can find one for $350 if you do your >homework,also if it were not for collecters there would not be a thing to >pass on to our children or am I wrong? Just a thought... A.S. > > TEMPUS VITAM REGIT > >On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Dan Cardish wrote: > >> I think that some people are guilty of being collectors without even knowing >> it. I can recall Marc Small claiming to use all of his equipment, implying >> that he is a user, yet he also claims to sell some of his cameras and/or >> lenses for more than he paid for it. That appears to be a characteristic of >> a collector (the worst kind, for that is what is driving up prices)! >> >> Dan C. >> > > >