Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chuck wrote: >>>>>>>>>Well, even if I got a free new camera from Leica for my old broken one like > you did, I still wouldn't be an arrogant snob asshole and look down my brown > nose at us poor bastards who don't get special treatment and don't like > burning our money. And what the hell do you know about what other people can > and can't afford and what the hell gives you the right to make those > judgments? An F4 cost as much as an R8, but it worked. I'll have a great > trip while you few self-appointed masters piss on all the good folks who, I'm > surprised, haven't unsubscsribed yet.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Chuck old chap, Nope I didn't get a free one my friend, it was merely a replacement under warranty in lieu of the one I purchased in the first place. This lad doesn't get freebies as you say, any cameras or lenses I've bought comes from very hard earned money shooting assignments and on the road some years close to eight of twelve months. >>>>>>>>>>I still wouldn't be an arrogant snob asshole and look down my brown > nose at us poor bastards who don't get special treatment and don't like > burning our money. <<<<<<<<<<< Nope I didn't look down on anyone nor am I an asshole as you put it! I simply said that if you can't afford the camera don't continue to whine about it, as there are those of us who work damn hard for our money and we spend it wisely after saving enough to buy the best. LEICA! And I'd call that being frugal as that's the way I've purchased all my Leicas, M & R's. >>>>>>>>>> An F4 cost as much as an R8, but it worked. I'll have a great > trip while you few self-appointed masters piss on all the good folks who, I'm > surprised, haven't unsubscsribed yet<<<<<<<<<<< Well now lad having been on the LUG 4 years and listened to the whining of how Leica should run their operation, modify their lens and bodies etc. etc., make them cheaper from people with absolutely no inside knowledge of how the company operates, I'd say I had reasonable cause to call it as I see it. Having been a Leica user for over 40 years working experience on assignments around the world and in your backyard and mine, I suppose I felt I could tell the whiners to fly a kite! Much more appropriate, don't you thank? After all "pissing on all the good folks" is so common! ;-) Quite frankly I didn't put it as you say "while you few self-appointed masters piss on all the good folks" they're your words my friend! Pity! I trust you have a nice trip and do take lots of pictures to calm your over anxious nerves. Have a good one! regards, ted