RE: [Leica] RE: an M4 shouldn't have to be just a dream

[Buzz Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>]

Hunt's today is not the same as Hunt's of 1984...new ownership...and, to my
experience, not a very pleasant shopping experience in recent years.  My
experience is that the best used Leica shopping in metropolitan Boston is at
New England Photo in Arlington Center, which consistently has the best stock
of quotidian gear and exotica.  NE Photo is also where I buy my new
gear...same prices as the mail order places (though you do pay sales tax),
and you get to talk to a knowledgeable dealer and feel the equipment before
you buy.  Only once have I purchased a defective piece and the owner, Ara,
replaced it in two days with a smile and a handshake.  E-mail me privately
for details.

	Buzz Hausner

- -----Original Message-----
From: Craig Roberts [mailto:croberts@zoomtel.com]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:55 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: an M4 shouldn't have to be just a dream


Last Friday John Shick wrote:

"I picked up a very reasonable looking M4 at Hunt's in Melrose a few months
ago...  The best way is to find on not working too well and know a very good
and inexpensive local Leica man."


Uh, John...

Is your "very good and inexpensive Leica man" in the Boston area, perchance?

And, speaking of Hunt's...the best Leica deal I ever made was from them.  It
was around 1984 and I was sold a beautiful M2 (complete with an old
collapsible 50mm Summicron) for $400.  It was so inexpensive because a) it
was "only" an M2...not a fabled M3, and, b) the bottom plate was scuffed and
engraved with the name of the original dealer in Stuttgart.  Frankly, I
thought the engraving was really cool!  Besides, the rest of the camera was
near mint.  The lens focusing helical was a little sticky, but...what the
heck...it was essentially a "freebie" anyway.

Craig
Boston