Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] An M3 for $1,350.00 ?
From: charlie at droolassicpark.com (Charlie Meyer)
Date: Tue Sep 11 17:23:26 2007
References: <C30CA07A.FB53%lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>

I've been lurking on feeBay and finding user M3s going for doG awful  
princely prices just now.  Chipped vulcanite and non-claed bodies  
fetching more than $500 a pop.

Try finding a IUFOO hood for less than $45...worth more than the  
Hektor they are fitted to!

Helps keep GAS in check!

Charlie

On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> Hey, my M3 is in much better condition than that, so I'm happy to  
> let it go
> for only $1500.
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 10/9/07 23:39, "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> As they used to say in the used car business, there's an ass for  
>> every seat.
>>
>> Jim Shulman
>> Bryn Mawr, PA
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf  
>> Of Jim
>> Hemenway
>> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:13 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] An M3 for $1,350.00 ?
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> The same here... it's hard to believe some of the prices requested  
>> and
>> received for a lot of that stuff.
>>
>> I saw a Leica M3 with no lens. The back had peeling leather and was
>> generally beat up, the back that is, not the camera as a whole.
>>
>> After I saw the price of $1,350.00 and confirmed that price, I  
>> returned
>> the camera to the table and began looking at something at the next
>> seller.  A few minutes later it was purchased for $1,300.00.  It
>> certainly didn't seem worth it to me... others here may disagree.
>
>
>
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Charlie Meyer
West Virginia Coordinator
Basset Rescue of Old Dominion, Inc. (BROOD)
Droolassic Park
Keyser, WV

Basset Hound Rescue: Work With Women. Pick Up Dogs.



In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] An M3 for $1,350.00 ?)