Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] ebay advice needed
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@netconnect.com.au>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:57:02 +1100
References: <200101100541.AAA10599@unix2.netaxs.com>

>hey kids,
>
>now PLEASE, i can see this turning into a posting storm and veritable
>poker game of bickering in a five hundred mile thread that no one really
>gives a ding about but everybody needs to add something to, so i beg you:
>"respond to me _off list_ and i'll post a summary of the advice back to
>the LUG for all to read in a couple days."
>
>that said.
>
>it's time for my M3 to go. we've had nothing but mutual bad feelings since
>we met and it got to the point, well, let's just say, words were
>exchanged. anyway. since we all know that there's nothing so valuable that
>you can't get more for it on ebay, i've decided ebay's the way to go with
>it. thing is, i have a bunch of crap that goes with it that i'd like to
>sell as well and i don't know if i'll get a better return for it as a
>"beginner leica package" or selling the whole thing piece by piece. i
>have no ebay experience as a seller and i know many of you do, so i defer
>to your vast collective wisdom. i want to get rid of:
>
>1 SS leica M3, nice user condition. recently CLA'd and recovered 2 weeks
>ago, made beautiful by youxin.
>
>1 28mm kobalux 3.5 and finder LTM
>
>1 35mm 3.5 cannon summaron LTM
>
>1 sm to M adapter
>
>1 MR meter, butt ugly
>
>and if you're going to recommend that i break it up, do i break up the
>28mm and the finder? the LTM lens and the adapter? and if your expertise
>tells you i'll make more breaking it up, any idea how much? it's obviously
>worth $100 to me not to have to mail six different packages.....
>
>thanks for your time,
>
>kyle
>
>p.s. also, do you think i would get appreciably more if i threw in some
>nudie pix i took with the camera?

yes ;-)
- -- 
Alastair Firkin

http://www.afirkin.com

In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> ([Leica] ebay advice needed)