Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wasn't Mel selling gear out of Beverly Hills for a while? Slobodan Dimitrov On Mar 19, 2007, at 8:33 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > On 3/19/07 10:48 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> typed: > >> Remember the guy Mel who sold Leica cameras in Las Vegas? He has >> just started >> putting ads in Ebay... >> >> Looks like he is alive and well........ >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> > If he's on eBay he's more than just alive. > He's in the running. > He's in the game. > He's a player. > > IF he's on eBay he's not selling his stuff like he used to. > He's letting you "win" them. > He's "the house" maybe. > > In the book about Meyer Lansky "Little Man" its discused that > "A Gambler" > Is not someone sitting at the tables. > A Gambler is someone who sets up the game. > Meyer Lansky was a Gambler. No way was he going to sit at some table. > > The people at the tables are not the gamblers. > They're the suckers. > > Meyer Lansky ran a fair game but made sure the odds were in his favor. > Which as the house it usually is. > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information