Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 7:42 PM -0700 6/23/00, Doug Herr wrote: >On Fri, 23 June 2000, "Walter Levy" wrote: > >> >> In the spirit of the recent "Stupid photography mistakes" thread, I suggest >> this "Deals we shouldn't oughta have made" and I'll offer my sad tale of woe >> (or is that woeful tale of sadness?) Sold a lovely IIIg with 5cm >> collapsible Elmar(?) for $400 in the 80s. The guy who bought it sent his >> wife in while he waited in the car (probably for a quick getaway!) She >> plunked down the cash, grabbed the camera and was off like a shot. $400... >> sheesh! >> >> Anybody else want to step up to the plate? >> >> - Walter > >Here's another, but it's a deal I should have made. While browning >through the local ad paper I came across an ad describing an "old German >camera with 3 lenses, $300". My curiosity got the best of me and I called. > >The owner wasn't sure what kind of camera it was, it had been her mother's >and had hardly ever been used. She then looked at the camera and said it >some script on the top of it said "Leica" and in another place was >engraved "M3". Once I picked my jaw up from the floor I tried to imagine >how I could come up with $300, really quick. Unfortunately I was more >broke than I'd ever wanted to be and it was a choice between the camera >and starving the kids for a month. > So did your kids recover without too many ill effects? ;-) * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com