Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Jeffery L.Smith" wrote: > > I'll restate my rather sloppy claim. One can probably get a good, used > Leica lens sight unseen from KEH, B&H, Tamarkin, etc. I am still > smarting from the "as is" lens I got on ebay that was supposed to have > perfect, clean glass. The jerk who sold it to me said that he would > return my money only after the lens was back in his hands. He added > that, if I gave him a bad ebay rating, he would retaliate. I wasn't > about to send him the lens back without having money in hand. > > However, I got a PERFECT, NEW QUALITY Zeiss Mutar tele converter from > KEH sight unseen. > > You're right, B.D. > The next used glass i get, Jeffery, will go straight to Sherry for cleaning, she will see it before i do. A Dual-Range, a pre Asph 35mm Summicron, an 21 Super Angulon 3.4 all are on my medium range laundry list I don't agree. BD, it's easy to tell if your glass is clean or not. I'll leave that to Sherry to determine. As I've made that mistake before with a tele Elmarit 90 which i sold before i ever found out if there was some kind of haze in there or not. I thought there was not. I checked carefully with point sources. But found out later how hard it is to really be able to tell. And i agree with you that KEH, B&H, Tamarkin, etc. Are the way to go to get important year; A reputable dealer with a reputation to uphold... not playing the ebay - rip-off - money - trading - game. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html