Re: [Leica] buying and selling cameras

[Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@pacbell.net>]

I second Roland's suggestion of keeping FS postings on Fridays, and WTB
allowed every day.  Since it's Friday somewhere on earth for 48 hours a
week, I don't think restricting FS postings to Fridays is quite fine.

OTOH, I've often found wanting to buy something RIGHT AWAY, but I can wait a
few days for something to come along.

Ken Iisaka kiisaka@pacbell.net, kiisaka@attglobal.net, kiisaka@ibm.net

Lost in Mill Valley in Marin County, California
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Roland Smith <roland@dnai.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] buying and selling cameras


> Hello Brian:
>
> I am an amateur who has been a Leica user since 1958 when I acquired my
> Leica IIIg.   I now have several LTM leicas and two M3s all of them users.
>
> I am still learning and accumulating accessories.   Since, I have yet to
> find the perfect long focus, 50mm and wide angle lens, I am still
> purchasing.
>
> I value this user group having restraints on commercialism and sales.
> Accordingly, I suggest that Friday be retained for sales listings.
>
> Problem solving and equipment planning take place all week long.  Perhaps,
> WTB messages should be allowable at anytime.   This is user driven and
gives
> Luggers an opportunity to answer each others needs.
>
> Roland Smith
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Date: Friday, December 24, 1999 11:58 PM
> Subject: [Leica] buying and selling cameras
>
>
> >When I created the Leica Users mailing list 7 years ago, I carefully
> >put the word "users" in its name, because I wanted a list that was
> >centered around people who actually make photographs with Leica
> >cameras, rather than around people who collect them and put them on
> >shelves. While I have no animosity towards camera collectors, I do feel
> >that, through the years, the primary value of the Leica-Users list has
> >been that it is a forum for discussion among photographers and not
> >just camera collectors.
> >
> >The current rule about limiting commercial messages to Fridays is not a
> >rule that I made. There were a few years when I found it difficult to
> >read the list every day, so I just sort of skimmed it and let anarchy
> >rule. I don't know who proposed or announced that rule, but I like it.
> >The reason that I like it is that it keeps the flavor of the list one
> >of photography and not camera collecting.
> >
> >There is no sharp boundary between photography and camera collecting.
> >You can't be a photographer without a camera, and once you hold a Leica
> >you don't really want to let go of it; you have a one-camera
> >collection. But my preference would be to continue the tradition of
> >having one day a week for commercial messages. I don't think anybody
> >will be booted off the list if they post such messages on other days,
> >and in a global world it's never clear just what day it is anyhow (as I
> >type this message it is still Friday where I live, but in most of the
> >world it is Saturday).
> >
> >Brian Reid
> >
>