Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: LHSA black paint cameras
From: Bill Grimwood <bill@grimwood.net>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:39:03 -0500
References: <200005161807.LAA26981@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> <a04310123b5474f2e9426@[207.8.95.198]>

The dealer probably is a member or is selling a camera for a member.  My
wife and I are both members and we have both received our cameras 483
serial numbers apart?  Both cameras are .72.  It seems strange that there
is this much difference in numbers if they only made 300.

Bill Grimwood


At 03:42 PM 5/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
>This is curious because the initial batch was only 300 .72 bodies and each
>LHSA member could only get one of these.  How would this guy have two to
>sell?  My assumption is that only LHSA members could buy these so being a
>dealer would not provide any additional source.  And I can't believe that
>someone who paid $2595 for the M6 would immediately sell it to a dealer who
>would then only get $2700.  May not be fishy, but it seems to me there are
>many questions.
>
>Bill
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Jagitsch" <robertj@powerlogix.com>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:19 PM
>Subject: [Leica] Re: LHSA black paint cameras
>
>
>> Sam, did you get the .72 or the .85?
>>
>> There has already been one sold on ebay, went for $2700:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330155026
>>
>> And there is another one that went up for auction today (same seller
>> as the first:)
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=334085978
>>
>> -R
>>
>
>

Replies: Reply from Bill Grimwood <bill@grimwood.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: LHSA black paint cameras)
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In reply to: Message from Robert Jagitsch <robertj@powerlogix.com> ([Leica] Re: LHSA black paint cameras)