Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] why oh why?
From: Johnny Deadman <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 11:50:29 +0100

on 2/4/00 9:37 pm, DonjR43198@aol.com at DonjR43198@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/2/00 2:20:14 PM Central Daylight Time,
> cassidy@netaxs.com writes:
> 
> << with practically 8 hours left to go, an empty leica m2 BOX is being
> fiercely bid for on ebay -- current price, $203.50
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=295466703
> 
> ye gods, you could buy a leica LENS for that.
> 
> kc >>
> It wasn't very long ago one of the major LUG posters was ridiculing those who
> saved their Leica boxes.

Great! Plus, you can get one of those 'Attrappe' (dummy) bodies that sell
for more than the real thing. The perfect camera for people with fat wallets
who don't take pictures! And then you can put the camera BACK IN the box...

...and then maybe even follow Kyle's suggestion and send it BACK to the
factory... 

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