Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How did he get ANYTHING from Leica that quick??????/ GERALD HAUSSLER wrote: > 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