Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
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On Fri, 23 June 2000, "Walter Levy" wrote:
> Sold a lovely IIIg with 5cm
> collapsible Elmar(?) for $400 in the 80s. The guy who bought it
sent his
> wife in while he waited in the car (probably for a quick getaway!)
She
> plunked down the cash, grabbed the camera and was off like a shot.
$400...
> sheesh!
>
> Anybody else want to step up to the plate?
in the late 70's i wanted to try out the LTM line. (i already had
been playing around w/ my first M3) paid $400 for a IIIF w/ leicavit
& some c-word lens. all near mint the 'vit' didn't even have a
bright mark on it. i decided the viewing system was too 'squinty'
and traded it all for a motor drive & battery pack for my F2.
before you get out the violin, i made up for it last year. an auction
on Ebay for a M4MOT didn't have pix. i wrote the seller who got them
to me a few hours before the auction closed. thinking it looked
great, i bid accordingly & won. then he mails & says "...trouble..."
seems the eyepiece lens was missing...a fact he overlooked & failed to
include in the description. even tho i had pix, he took the liberty
of ordering a new one from Leica USA & overnighting it to his tech