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Subject: Re: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:37:30 -0700
References: <000f01c003a8$75219ca0$690110ac@ccapr.com> <v0422080fb5b9cf64812b@[24.27.14.92]>

You support the point made by those of us on the LUG about the spirit of the
reference to Ebay.   You acknowledge that you are a dealer for a margin of
profit.

I, certainly, hope the spirit of the LUG is that it is not a vehicle for
dealers.

Roland Smith
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Jagitsch" <robertj@powerlogix.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 8:46 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE


> At 11:26 AM -0400 8/11/00, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >I'm not saying you shouldn't sell it on Ebay to someone moronic enough to
> >buy...I throw away everything but the plastic box and instructions when I
> >buy an M, or the black case if I buy a lens, but that's me.
> >
>
> That's certainly your prerogative. I find that I buy and sell Leica
> gear quite often and part of my incurred 'fee'  into this £ world is
> the difference between what I pay and what I am able to resell it
> for. Keeping boxes and papers and selling on ebay has actually made
> this 'fee' zero or less than zero on several occasions. Pretty nice
> to be able to play with all this nice equipment and sell it with no
> penalty. In the old days before ebay, it was at least a 30% hit on a
> trade in, or having to discount it by selling in the paper, etc.
>
> Just my 2 shillings.
>
> -r
>
>
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Replies: Reply from Robert Jagitsch <robertj@powerlogix.com> (Re: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE)
In reply to: Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE)
Message from Robert Jagitsch <robertj@powerlogix.com> (RE: [Leica] CONDEMN Ebay? M6 FOR SALE)