Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Terrific reply, LOVE IT, keep up the good work, I read every word of your reply and agree with you totally that this type of explanation should NOT be necessary. But I LOVE a good rant!!!!!! Rob - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter S Delesandri" <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Cc: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:30 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: O/T...WALT'S DOMKE BAG RANT..LONG and RAMBLING insanity....IGNORE!!! > Actually, I screwed up, again...!!! > I meant to send this to Steve, in Denton.... > but sent to the whole list (wasn't watching the header)....believe it > or not, I have received many emails about my Domke F3x bag... > > It's a reasonably priced bag, I think 60-70 US bux, from any supplier...NEW.. > I'm posting this to the list as well as replying to the emails to be polite. > If this doesn't pertain to you, you probably should stop reading now...!!!.. > IF YOU DON'T STOP READING< DO NOT SEND ME >>>ANYTHING<<<... > Here's the poop: > It's a black ballistic F3X bag. > I removed the "carry handle" d-rings when new cuz they bothered me. > It's near mint in appearance. > I was being a smartass when I posted to Steve, but I wasn't "lying"... > the bag, technically, is "for sale" > Any sane person would call it "like new", I called it "near mint" because > this is the LUG....probably should have called it a "beater" because I > don't look that closely at MY BAGS. > It probably smells like smoke (cigarette and cooking-God-knows-what) because it > lives in a closet next to my chair and between me and the kitchen stove--and might > smell like aftershave, depending on when I last carried it. > It probably DOESN'T have anthrax on it, but hey, who can be sure? > No one has had sex--THAT I KNOW OF-- near OR in the bag. > No unauthorized, non Leica repairs have been performed, that I know of.... > > Yes, I'm being cynical, again...BUT HERE'S WHY: > I >>THINK<< Feli was JOKING about the plastic bag....I HOPE?... > > A coupla years ago, I sold some OTHER bags to some (asian, or can I NOT say that?) LUNATIC > on this group....I represented the bags as functional, worn, beaters..structurally > perfect...I even joked in the ad about looking "real"...(velveteen rabbit, for those > familiar)....I boxed and shipped the bags at great trouble and some expense, all for > $55, I think...AND HE INSISTED THAT I RETURN HIS MONEY BECAUSE THEY "SMELLED" and were > SOILED!!!...ONLY ON THE L.U.G.!!!....I suggested that he might wash them or > just lay them out in the sun, but finally, I refunded his money, and to his credit > he returned them perfectly intact.....BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO USED, CHEAP, > BAGS HERE!!!--- > > Had this been some RAGGED-ASSED BLACK ENAMEL PIECE OF CRAP MP-with-worn-out- > leicavit-that-sucked-when-new, that belonged to some nameless, faceless, > PJ from some third world country, he'd have paid $10,000-- > and not given a damn what it looked like. > > Again, I was posting to Steve, but yes, the bag IS for sale, I guess... > You see, the fact that I felt I ..HAD.. to post the above paragraphs was my > previous "problem" with the LUG....I enjoy the group, but occasionally sign off > because I just can't STAND it...!!!... > Yes the bag is for sale. FOB MY HOUSE....all sales final....if you want me to > ship it, send me $50. FIRM. FINAL. US only. Preferably Texas. I'll ship it > when I DAMN WELL feel like it. (actually the next day) > If you don't like it I don't care. I won't respond to you. > If you want a new one that smells like a new Toyota and has no dust on it, don't > buy mine. It has NOT been in a hermetically sealed environment. It hasn't been used > much, maybe been out of the house 10 times...once to Houston...I might have set it down > on the floor, so it CERTAINLY has cat hair on the bottom. And my sweat on the strap. > (It's humid in Houston, and I'm a fat, ugly, bad smelling bastard--ask Will Von Dauster) > > I apologize for my rant, since it was a mistake that I posted to the whole > group....But if any of this offends you, remember, it's the LUG's fault that > this is necessary....NOT mine....I'm a photographer, not a collector, not an > academic, not a beaurocrat (sp?)...my gear is very well maintained, to the point > that >>>>REAL<<<< photographers consider me obsessive and make fun of me, > but to the LUG I'm still a slob. > I had sworn in 1999 to NEVER sell to anyone on the LUG (although I'd certainly buy, > and I've sold to several VERY happy folks on the LUG in the past)--nice guys who are > GONE from the LUG now, wonder why? > > Have a great Leica day, > Walt > > > > On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 14:06:16 -0700 Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> > wrote: > > Walter S Delesandri wrote: > > > > > > I don't know, Steve....I do, however, have a near-mint "official domke > > > journalist bag" (F3x ballistic, I think it's called) that's available > > > for cheap or trade!!...(too big for leicas, not much good for anything else!!) > > > :) > > > Thanks for the try, tho, you may have won!!! > > > Walt > > > > Is it still in the original plastic bag? > > > > > > feli > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > "It's truly one of those shows where you just keep expecting Allen Funt > > to come bursting out from behind some 2-way mirror and explain that > > you've been on candid camera for 3 years." > > -Ethan Ormsby on the status of production, 1999 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor * DIGITAL DOMAIN > > feli@d2.com * Ext. 3074 > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html