Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/01

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Great Swiss deal
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 19:23:03 +0200
References: <001101c0cdee$41462340$0201a8c0@Workgroup>

I took the opportunity of the beautiful weather and the May Day holiday to take
a motorcycle ride with my Leicas up to Wettswil to see what I would find at Mr.
Ramsden's address. It is an apartment building, and his name is one one of the
mailboxes, so at least he exists and apparently lives there. As I wrote before,
I think that his prices are suspiciously low relative to the Swiss Leica market,
and I would certainly be cautious about sending him large amounts of money,
especially since with a bank transfer you have no recourse if the deal goes
wrong, as opposed to a credit card transaction. If I were you, I would buy a
low-value item from him first to see if he is legit.

Nathan

Frank Filippone wrote:

> ABsolutely!!!
>
> I am trying to get a reference on a person that is selling some Leica gear
> really cheap.... As he wants payment by bank transfer, my suspicions are
> high that this is a scam... so I am wondering if you could please tell me if
> you know anything about this person... he claims to have had a camera store
> in Switzerlans that sold Hasselblad, Nikon, Leica, etc.  The name of the
> store was Swiss Cameras....
>
> Scott Ramsden
> Kirchgasse 19
> 8907 Wettswil-CH
> Switzerland
>
> Phone... 41-079-665-9538
>
> Thank you.... I do not want to be ripped off, and for the prices he is
> charging, I smell a potential rat....  I sent a note to the Leica
> Switzerland office, who claimed no knowledge of the person.... so things do
> look bleak!
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Wajsman [mailto:belgiangator@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:36 AM
> To: red735i@earthlink.net
> Subject:
>
> Frank,
>
> Am I the person you are looking for by any chance?
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg, Switzerland
>
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Nathan Wajsman
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