Re: [Leica] Ebay advice

["Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>]

In the worst case if the seller is as dumb about Leica's as he says, you
may be getting a IIIa model G, also referred to as a IIIg by Leica at the
time.  I had one I sold to a LUG member and made it very clear that it was
a IIIa model G.  The instruction book that came with it called it a IIIg.
I guess Gary could have asked if it had a self timer as, the newer IIIg does.

Regards,

Robert

At 12:34 PM 6/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Gary,
>
>I went back and looked at the Ebay posting for this camera. It looks to me
>like the seller never stated absolutely that he was selling a IIIg. He put a
>question mark after the model and he said that he had been told at a camera
>store that it was a IIIg. If you bid based on the seller's representation
>you are obligating yourself to buy as described unless you've made other
>arrangements with the seller prior to placing your bid. In every
>transaction, Ebay encourages a prospective bidder to contact the seller to
>resolve any questions before placing their bid. If you were set in having to
>have a IIIg, there certainly was enough question here to warrant some
>clarification before bidding. if you bid based on this sellers description,
>I think you were bidding on a camera that might be a IIIg - not that was
>guaranteed to be a IIIg.
>
>Bryan
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Gary Elshaw <gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:41 AM
>Subject: [Leica] Ebay advice
>
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I managed to buy a IIIG this morning on ebay. The truly funny thing is i'd
>> never been to ebay before, until the LUG discussion last week where people
>> discussed how bad it is! The bad news is, I think the camera i bought is
>> possibly fictitious. I've notified the ebay security department about the
>> seller, and i'm hoping they may get some answers/assurances before me.
>>
>> I haven't sent any cash, but there has been some suspicion from a couple
>of
>> the other bidders, and i really don't know what to do. This camera has
>been
>> a personal dream of mine for a long time and at the moment i'm not really
>> willing to let it go (poor students like me are like that). I've asked the
>> seller for a serial number, but that kind of information is accessable to
>> most people, including myself. Do any of the luggers have suggestions of a
>> course of action. The only possible thing i've come up with is getting the
>> seller to send the camera to ebay before i send him/her the money. Does
>> that sound reasonable?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice and/or light you can shed,
>> Gary
>>
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