Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And so has the LUG, by now. I can't resist commenting on this thread, which now rivals discussions of UV filters, camera cases, and Billingham bags in its persistence and strangeness. At issue here is an underpriced commodity, which folk covet for various purposes. Collier, in the spirit of LUG comradeship, however ill-advised, pointed out its true market value. Yao, who felt that he'd already purchased the lens, is angry at both Collier and, apparently, Lowi, who in the true spirit of capitalism offered it on eBay before he'd actually acquired it (I admire the bold move), because he feels that one or both of them trashed his transaction. Greed and/or covetousness are corrosive of social relationships, and all the more so when a dramatic bargain is a stake, but this public quibbling is shameful. The real culprit here, it seems to me--if there is one--is a dealer who reneged on an a sale. Doubtless he has his own explanation, though, on the basis of the evidence, it's not likely to be a very satisfactory one. Boycott him or not as the spirit moves. In the event, this whole colloquy is not the LUG's finest moment. Can we let the whole ugly business rest? I, for one, have removed the UVs from each of my lenses; consequently I have a clear perspective on all of this. Chandos At 11:44 AM 3/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >Remember: in the end, G-d sees everything. Chandos Michael Brown History and American Studies College of William and Mary www.wm.edu/cas/asp/faculty/brown