Re: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

So what?

We should be spared the junk solicitation.   If we want to look at equipment
on Ebay, most of us are capable of addressing that sight AT OUR OWN
CONVENIENCE..

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Woo" <tonywoo@netvigator.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE


> If you look up some of the completed Leica sales on eBay, there are many
> instances where the prices are LOWER than most of the "FS" here on LUG (or
> LEG).
>
> I think it is okay, in the spirit of alerting fellow LUG participants of
> good or interesting eBay auctions.  There are some, like me, who might
want
> to take advantage of it.  eBay is nothing more than a different way of
> selling/buying things, just a different sort of market place.
>
> What I find more objectionable are the various camera shops posting FS
here,
> with marked-up prices typically much higher than private sales.
>
> LUG should belong to USERS for their activities, not merchant's.
>
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE
>
>
> > There is indeed a difference between the LUG and Ebay - Ebay's the place
> you
> > go to get the highest, most ludicrous and unjustified price out of
anyone
> > stupid enough to pay it - The LUG is the place you offer your gear for
> sale
> > to friends at a fair price. The LUG is NOT an auction house or
billboard.
> >
> > B. D.
> >
>
>
>