Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Charlie. Saw your LUG message below and am interested in that Prado 250 Leitz slide projector. If the projector is still available, $20 plus shipping sounds reasonable. Let me know. Thanks. Wyman ***************** On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:53:21 EDT Summicron1@aol.com writes: >It's not Friday but this is more in the line of a "Wanted: Good Home" >than a >real for sale sort of thing. > >Going on the theory that anything made by Leitz is worth money, I >bought at a >thrift store once a Prado 250 Leitz slide projector, an interesting >machine >in appearance if nothing else. It has sat in my darkroom, in a corner, > >unloved and unadmired for lo these many years and I have decided it >needs a >home where it is appreciated, or can at least accumulate a better >grade of >dust. > >So, Anyone interested in it? It has its original (I presume) suitcase >type >case, cord and holders for both film strips and slides. There is an >extra >bulb and the thing functions, including a fan. > >Caveat: There is no lens. I use the lens that came with it on my much >more >modern Leica slide projector (a pradovit 250 color), since it was a >wider >angle than the one that came with it and works very nicely, thank you. > >The sales pitch: Price is MOST reasonable. > >I paid $3 and wish to make only a modest profit. Anyone willing to >give me >any reasonable offer, plus shipping, can have it. Would $20 be too >much, plus >shipping, for a genuine made in wetzlar piece of Leica machinery? >Shipping >will probably be that much as well, and I don't want to price it out >of the >reach of all you single-malt afficianados. Remember I got to go to all >the >trouble of packing the damn thing and hauling it down to UPS, which is >way >the hell across town in Ogden, so cut me a little slack here. > >Any of you guys passing through Utah any time soon, grab two 6-packs >of St. >Pauli Girl Dark in Wyoming, stop in Ogden and we'll swap, even. This >is a >serious offer. > >I have no way to load a picture, but if you go to the following e-bay >auction >you will see a similarly designed Leitz projector, although not the >same >model. Funky, no? > >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=184187637 > >Thank you for your consideration. I guarantee to remove all Utah dust >before >shipment. > >charles trentelman >Ogden, Utah > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.