Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have followed this discussion with interest. The LEICA CATALOG is no grand treasure, guys. Members post mundane items at grossly inflated prices. A few of the LHSA membership curse us every Friday with the identical adverts they run in the CATALOG, 25% or more above what the same item can be had for elsewhere. Over the past decade, I probably have purchased a dozen small items through the CATALOG and have sold maybe the same number. E-Bay is better: the fair market knocks the wind out of the windbags, so to speak. You overseas guys are missing little. The one nice thing about the LEICA CATALOG is the rigidly applied grading standards and the guarantee which goes with this. (But, even then, beware! Some apparently knowledgeable buyers cannot comprehend just what PR means!) Pray, join LHSA, be you user or collector or whatever. But do not expect anything exciting out of the CATALOG. You will find rather dull offerings at grotesquely embarrassing prices. Expect little, and your anticipations will be well met. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html