Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/11

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Subject: RE: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:50:37 -0000

I don't know...I'd say the lens is more like the tuner, or maybe the
speakers...Not the frigging cable! ...A lens shade? Now THAT's a cable...and
just as outrageously priced...;-)

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Dan Cardish
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 5:40 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] for sale as a result of our studio going digital


That saleman would probably react in the same way if he heard what some of
us pay for camera lenses!

Dan C.

At 12:15 PM 11-03-00 -0000, you wrote:
>Simillarly off-topic, but on the same topic:
>
>I went into a high-end audio store because I couldn't find the widget I was
>looking for in my usual low-end audio place...As I stood at the counter I
>noticed various speaker cables on the wall behind the counter.
>
>"How is that $9.95 cable?" I innocently asked.
>
>"$9.95? That's $995, Sir."
>
>"For a freaking piece of wire?"
>
>I left.
>
>