Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I know I am being a bore on this subject, but - as is obvious - this attitude is driving me bonkers!:-) (...I know, I know, just ignore it.) What is the point of buying non-special edition Leica - new, used, or otherwise - if not to use it? So what if it's new and unmarked? If you coddle and protect it, it will always look new and unmarked - and you will never really use it. If you get a new car do you keep it in the driveway, and use it only to go to the corner store and back, until some kid throws a rock at it and chips the paint? If you buy a new pair of shoes, do you keep them in the closet until the cat scratches one up? If, for that matter, if you buy a new hammer, do you keep it in the tool box until it somehow gets a nick? Sorry, but I just don't get it. I have bought new. I have bought used. But I have always bought TO use. B. D. V8PWR@aol.com wrote: > Dans un courrier daté du 14/12/01 05:42:54 Paris, Madrid, > kcassidy@asc.upenn.edu a écrit : > > >>the obvious solution here is to buy one that's pre-dinged -- the price is >> substantially less AND you get the peace of mind that comes with not having >> to worry about the ding's to come..... a new camera looks nice, but it also >> looks just like everybody elses camera -- it's not really _yours_ until you >> can pick it out of a lineup. unique est sour le monde (pardon my rotten >> spelling, jo) and all that. >> >> is anybody here old enough to remember "Sanford and Merton"? >> >> kc >> >> >> >> > > Hey KC , didn't know you spoke French ! > BTW , I'm still hardly looking on base for your Combat shoes and I have been > answered by the mil. clothing shop that these sizes were no longer available > in stock . > They have them crafted by a local shoemaker on demand . > This is surprising since more and more men have got swimming palms instead > of feet :) > You're right on speeking about worn cameras . I've got both ( old and new ) > and > until the new one is not " beaten " , it is hard to use it as a tool . > Chears > > Jo Goodtimes , France > -- > 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