Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/09

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Subject: [Leica] Would you trade your M9 to go back to an M8?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:06:18 -0500
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On Apr 9, 2012, at 7:12 AM, Colin Baker wrote:

> The problem I have with advocating selling possessions to cover living 
> expenses is that it's a band-aid fix.  If you sell an M8, you might be 
> able to pay the bills for a month, but then what?  You don't have your M8 
> (which wasn't costing you anything) anymore, and you still have next 
> month's bills to pay.  Makes much more sense to go after actual expenses 
> and see where you can cut back.  If not that, find ways to increase your 
> income.  Selling possessions should only be a last resort.

Artists, musicians, and craftspersons have been pawning
and selling the tools of their trades to make ends meet
for quite some time.

And of course it is usually a "last resort."

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
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