Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/03

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Subject: Re: Equipment Condition
From: "Stefan Kahlert" <uzs13b@ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 00:04:35 +0000

> Right--and it's a snap to find cherry used Leica equipment.  My guess is
> that some Leicas are bought by people with a ton of money who don't really
> do much photography!--Charlie

I had a nice example of that kind last week:

I saw a nice M-Equipment for a very god price last week
wich included a M6, 2.8/28mm, 2/35mm, 2/50mm (now mine) and 1.4/75mm.
No item was older than two years, everything was mint in the box,
the price was astonishingly low.
I asked the dealer who told me that these items came from of his best 
customers (obviously!), he bought a R8 plus lenses just before 
christmas and wanted to get rid of the M-stuff.
I told the sales person that this doesn't make much sense as these
are quite different systems that could be nicely used in parallel
if money isn't that much of an issue.
He replied (translated): "I don't think that photographing is that
important to him. The M-equipment ist moreover unused and he 
had it for 2 years."

Let us not say anything bad about these guys
as long as they sell us their (un)used items for reasonable prices!
Someone has to pay the price for the new ones otherwise we could 
never find anything used and many of us could never afford a Leica
(me for example)!

best wishes

- --
Stefan Kahlert, 
Medizinische Poliklnik der Universitaet Bonn
uzs13b@uni-bonn.de