Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] Jim is bad at economics
From: "Guido Soprano" <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:50:26 EDT

Jimmy,

figgure out what you was earning in '58, and transkate that into 1999 $$$. 
Try to shelter, feed, and clothe yer fam'ly on them apples.

Have a very Nice Day,

Guido, allergic to reading Steinbeck novels.

>From: "Guido Soprano" <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: [Leica] Friday FS: M6's from Jim Bauman
>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 05:40:44 EDT
>
>LUGgers,
>
>Jim has determined that the new, lower market price for M6's should be $12.
>Please send your $12 +P&P to Jim at Earthlink, for immediate, non-anonymous
>shipment.
>
>Guido, grateful he's on Jim's abuse, not commission, plan.
>
>>From: Jim Bauman <jbauman@earthlink.net>
>>Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] My M6 is rusting
>>Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:08:48 -0700
>>
>>
>>Guido "NoNuts" Soprano of hotmail fame wrote:
>>
>> >All 4 of my post war IIIc's have this problem. This proves that DonJ and
>> >Sherry "Cash only because I'm too special to pay taxes" Krauter are
>>wrong.
>>
>>Huh? Maybe it's cash only to you 'cause your checks bounce?  Anyhow, would
>>you be as irritating to the LUG if you weren't hiding behind that stupid
>>fake name and hotmail account?
>>
>>But, on a real topic, I can't say if M6's are better built or not, but 
>>they
>>just don't have that solid feel of an old M4 or M2.  But ponder this -- if
>>the pricing and development of Leicas from 1958 to present day followed
>>that of personal computers, then today an M6 should cost about $12!
>>
>>Jim Bauman <-- real name
>>
>
>
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