Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Just to add to Ted's wisdom... > >A friend of mine who used to manage a pro photography shop told me he could >tell who the real photographers were when they bought lenses. The "serious" >photographers filled out the warrenty cards in the store, left the boxes >behind and stuck the lens in their bag.... and went shooting! > >The "geeks" would complain if there were scratches or dents in the box.... > >...seems about right to me. > >Greg Locke <locke@straylight.ca> >St. John's, Newfoundland. >http://www.straylight.ca/locke I always get a chuckle out of seeing the horror-struck expression on the faces of dealers when I buy I piece of equipment and leave the outer box and non-warranty/instruction crap behind for them to throw away. I did it when I bought my M6 and the poor guy nearly had a stroke because all I took with me was the plastic box, warranty card and instruction booklet - Oh my God! There goes the collectability! :-) Happy shooting...