Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.
From: "Don R." <don.ro@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:58:36 -0600
References: <Pine.SOL.4.44-qp.0212191650350.5405-100000@hedvig.uio.no> <001601c2a780$c8170700$0200a8c0@lightningp4> <019d01c2a7d0$6bfbdea0$02000003@dnai.com>

Roland, thank you for the sites.

Don R.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.


> The following sites will help:
> http://ItsBeenStolen.com
> http://www.leica-camera.com
> http://www.photo.net/registry/index.tcl
>
> Roland Smith
> Oakland, California
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don R." <don.ro@verizon.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.
>
>
> > In the mid-1960's I sent, via Railway Express, two M-3's and a number of
> > Leica lenses to Chicago but along the way they were stolen.  They never
> > turned up. No internet then.
> >
> > Repair shops and dealers should post these numbers where they may be
> checked
> > anytime used equipment is presented for repair or sale.
> >
> > Purchasers should be aware that merely buying stolen goods from someone
> does
> > not remove the rightful claim of ownership and the unsuspecting
purchaser
> > may wind up paying for the goods only to lose them back to the rightful
> > owner. Much depends on the law where the various transactions took place
> but
> > buying stolen merchandise is risky business.
> >
> > Just maybe with the internet these stolen goodies will return to the
> > rightful owner's hands.
> >
> > If there were a "clearing house" of serial numbers of stolen Leica
cameras
> > and lenses, one could quickly check it before plunking down good money
for
> > stolen goods.
> >
> > Don R.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock
stolen.
> >
> >
> > > Get them out to all the auction sites lickity split!
> > >
> > > We're spread all over the world. We have a decent finger on the pulse
of
> > > what is available and should be able to notice deviations.
> > >
> > > Anyone who has had things stolen will really want this stuff to come
> back
> > > where it belongs. (It happened to me once ... stolen M3, M2 + what you
> use
> > > with that kind of thing were stolen from me on Chuck Berry's farm.
> > > Somehow, someway the police in San Fransisco nabbed someone trying to
> pawn
> > > it of in a park and I got most back (but not the film, rats)
> > >
> > > Daniel
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Don R. wrote:
> > >
> > > > Will the serial numbers of the stolen goods be published or placed
on
> a
> > > > website that we may check?
> > > >
> > > > Don R.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Lucien" <director@ubi.edu>
> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:42 AM
> > > > Subject: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock
stolen.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Be careful ! A lot of like new R's, M's, lenses, binoculars new or
> > demo
> > > > > were stole at Leica France.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lucien
> > > > >
> > > > >
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In reply to: Message from Daniel Ridings <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> (Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.)
Message from "Don R." <don.ro@verizon.net> (Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.)
Message from "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com> (Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen.)