Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>dear lug friends > >I am going to warsaw and I read some mails about warsaw. are there any real >bargains, or is it all to risky. where is GEILDA? > >thanks in advance > >andreas Gielda does offer great bargains - especially in Soviet kit. It's not risky if you know what you're after and what the going rate is. Watch out for fakes! (I saw five gold Leicas on Sunday - all made out of FED/Zorkiis. And that fake grey Luftwaffe M2). It is a great pleace to browse. You'll not be disappointed - it's over 2,000 square meters of floor space jammed packed with dealers selling stuff and lots of private folk milling around, cameras around their necks, looking for buyers. Be warned, prices rise upon hearing a foreign language (esp. Japanese!!!). Best to pick something up, express little interest (even if it's a real Ur-Leica), put it down, just before making to wander off, casually ask "Ile?" (how much?) Gielda Fotograficzna happens every Sunday of the year, excepting public holidays, at the Stodola students' club on ulica Batorego, just off aleja Niepodleglosci. Nearest metro station Pole Mokotowskie. Entry 3 zloties - about 80 cents US for buyers, 5 zloties for those selling kit. Change your lira into zloties as only the Russian dealers price their wares in dollars. There's about 500 lira to the zloty these days - not long ago it was the other way round:-) The zloty is one of the only currencies to have appreciated against the US Dollar over the past 12 months. Happy hunting, Mike. Oh yes - wrap up, it's cold (day time highs - minus 8 degs C).