Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Walt's FM3a's
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sun Aug 20 05:01:14 2006
References: <00a901c6c3a0$c90c0670$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <44E728E6.20000@waltjohnson.com> <4cfa589b0608190849j1fa04308gb3f2fd321d943fa9@mail.gmail.com> <E74E2E5E-D8D4-4F5F-B1F7-7C4156366CEE@comcast.net>
 
>Remember, if you win an ebay auction, it means no one in the world  
>was willing to pay as much as you did for that item!
>Unless it was a buy-it-now.  Then you may have been either lucky or  
>impulsive.
>Tom Schofield


Tom

Impulsive, that's the right word. I have seen bids for used cameras that 
were higher than the same would costs new in a retail shop, with warranty. 
Nothing unusual at auctions. I have watched people at live auctions of fine 
arts, jewelrys and watches going mad, overbidding people they never met 
before. Their heartbeat must have gone over 180, they sweated like a 
triathlon athlete in the last lap, and sometimes they got very loud. Not all 
of course, others stayed calm and distinguished. But the "must have" 
syndrome seems to be a very basic instinct... 

Didier
In reply to: Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Walt's FM3a's)
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Message from leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield) ([Leica] Walt's FM3a's)