Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry, it was a joke. I teased her about her mean streak a while back. She "snarled" back at me :) At 09:21 07.03.2003 -0800, you wrote: >Daniel > >Really, she does not have any mean streak at all. She >comes over as a sensitive caring person. I can understand >why someone's threshold of irritability can be exceeded by >the prodding of some of our group. > >It may be hard to believe, but even my high threshold of equanimity >has been breached by some of our testy types :-) > >Jerry > >Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > It's that mean streak she has Jerry. I'm actually getting 3 red peppars on > > her now (in Eudora, that I installed yesterday ... please let me know if > > HTML crap is resulting from it). > > > > I'll be back in Sweden next week and I'll get some prices for you ... > > > > Daniel > > > > At 19:19 06.03.2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >Kit > > > > > >You have long exceeded your self allotted number of LUG > > >responses. > > > > > >Do not join the ranks of those who must have the last word, > > >or I will have to assign the number 767 to you. (Austin is > > >747).:-) > > > > > >Jerry > > > > > >Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > > > > > > > But how do you know Leica based theirs on his? You don't know that. > > > > > > > > Kit > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jim Hedger > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 6:17 PM > > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leicavit, After Market Products, etc. > > > > > > > > I have been reading all the new Leicavit posts and can't keep quiet any > > > > more. I am pissed. Tom is such a heavy supporter of Leica and Leica > > > products > > > > and seemed to have worked with them closer than you or I and here > they go > > > > off and knock off his product which he is busting his ass to make at a > > > > realistic price. His rapidwinder is not a copy of their old > discontinued > > > > product, it is an original design that fits on a publicly traded > > > > corporations' product, to help "left eyed" shooters and > photographers that > > > > need a rapid shooting rate. They already had an electric drive unit > why do > > > > they feel they need to jock his product. Oh sure they put a few > extra gears > > > > inside and made it shorter, this is in my eyes this is the same as > patent > > > > infringement would be if he had chosen to go down the never ending > path of > > > > getting his product patented. I really think it is low to do this. CV > > > made a > > > > copy but it is for a camera Tom does not make a product for. I am glad > > > there > > > > are so many used Leica products out there in circulation because of > this > > > > "copying" move I will never buy another new Leica Product. Tom and > his wife > > > > have been through a lot of personal grief and he truly has put > super human > > > > effort into producing his niche market product for us the > photographers who > > > > use Leica cameras and he has done it for a fair price. I believe > and hope > > > > Leica falls flat on their ass with this overpriced copy of his > product and > > > > am sure they will never be clever enough to beat him at his game. > > > > > > > > Rant over, have a good evening or day. > > > > > > > > Jim Hedger > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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