Re: [Leica] R8 story of the Century? Millenium?

["Bill Christensen" <billc@xsite.net>]

Great news!  Mr. Lau should be named LUGGER of the Year!

Ted, enjoy your long lost friend.

Bill Christensen

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@islandnet.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 4:04 PM
Subject: [Leica] R8 story of the Century? Millenium?


> Folks here is one that you will find quite interesting!
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> You may recall I had an R8, winder and 35-70 3.5 disappear during the 1998
> Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia,  September '98. And the
> unfortunate non-insurance situation that occurred due to two people
> "assuming" the other had looked after the ensuring! (Myself and assistant
> Sandy) Of course neither had, so it meant buying a new R8, winder and I
> didn't replace the lens as I figured I wait for the 35-70 2.8.
>
> That's the back ground.
>
> Last week a wonderful LUGGER in Kuala Lumper whom you all know, Mr. MC
Lau,
> that I met and enjoyed his friendship on my arrival in KL, sent me an
> e-mail that maybe, just maybe, my missing camera had surfaced.
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> An R8 was being offered for a very cheap price to a photographer who was
> leery of the price and placed a call to another photographer in KL. This
in
> turn opened lines of communication within KL photographers who were aware
> of the "missing Leica R8"  MC was informed and he was on it's case right
> away.
>
> The next post: "yes the serial numbers matched and a contact was set in
> play to recover it."  Now it became a daily posting back and forth, Canada
> to Malaysia on how to handle this.
>
> Do we get the police involved?  NO, it'll create too damn much paper work
> and who knows if I'll ever get it back! Second option, buy it from the
> seller, seemed strange buying my own camera from a possible thief, as it
> turned out this person was an unwitting buyer himself from the original
> perpetrator. It will be purchased at a very nominal recovery fee, which I
> can assure you is much better than buying another new one! :)
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> So folks as we speak, write, read whatever, MC is in the process of
> rescuing my R8 lifted 14 months ago! :)
>
> Now if that doesn't make you want to believe there is some good guy or gal
> on high looking after me, nothing will. With any kind of luck I'll have it
> back in hand by this time next week!  Ya alright, let the force be with
> you!:):)
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> I suppose I sound a little excited, yeah I guess you could say that. :)
>
> So guys and gals I'd appreciate a great big round of applause for LUGGER
MC
> Lau in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, for his efforts in the rescue of a
wonderful
> Leica R8 camera.
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> Ted Grant
> This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler.
> http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant
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