Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oops sorry Lea. I thought those were Labrador Retreivers you have been posting. My mistake. Need to adjust the monitor I think S. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH! > HEY, Hey, hey....let's leave the poodles out of this! > > Lea (who owns 3 and breeds the beautiful creatures) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH! > > > > How did you read all those implications into what I wrote? Your post > > had everything to do with peanut butter. Please don't demean peanut > > butter in your quest for justice, it's an excellent food for kids, and > > is NOT cheap. When you give a case of it to the Salvation Army, or > > the Food bank, it is ready to use, no overhead but transportation. > > > > The Salvation Army is in the business of saving souls. That they > > also feed people and provide jobs for people is an added benefit. > > > > I don't believe the Leica deal ever happened. and if it did, I do > > not have enough information about the camera to know if this is > > anything more than a "poodle in a microwave." > > > > If a rare item comes in, it is really out of their realm to try to > > move it in another way than their usual track. Suppose they had > > jobbed it out to KEH? KEH would pay them at most 60% of what they > > could get for it. But, Sister Jones has to make the deal, pack the > > camera, and well, you get the picture . . . Easier to put that stuff > > out there, and if an occasional customer makes a great deal, ***this > > is important*** GREAT! people will hear about it and come in and buy > > stuff. > > > > When you give something to someone, it is a gift. They can do what > > they want to with it. And I didn't donate a can of tennis balls to > > charity last year. I donated a motorhome with air conditioning, a > > virtually new refrigerator, three new tires, and a new fuel pump. > > I also donated several stationwagon loads of household goods and > > clothes. Guess what? I don't care what they do with the stuff. That > > they sell it for pennies on the dollar is not my affair. > > > > Thank you ma'am for listening to my side of the story. > > > > Sonny > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html