[Leica] (no subject)

[huntmc2 at gmail.com (Marshall Hunt)]

There were only 2000 M2R made, and those numbers are right in the middle of
the range.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote:

> Perhaps he misread the 9 for a 0.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "tm" <leicar8@hughes.net>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 1:25 PM
> Subject: [Leica] (no subject)
>
>
>
> Stolen Leica camera tension!
>
> My father's M2R was stolen from his unlocked Camry a year before he died
> five years ago. I was frustrated inasmuch as I loved that camera and he
> guaranteed it would pass to me when he died. Well, since his death I have
> searched eBay for M2Rs periodically and never saw a matching serial number.
> However, yesterday I found that someone was selling one but they only 
> posted
> the first three digits of the serial number and the image of the front and
> top of the camera was too small to reveal it. I suddenly developed
> apprehension upon determining that the seller is based 5-10 miles from my
> parents' home, across the San Francisco Bay, and I sent the seller a 
> request
> for the actual serial number at 2:00 p.m. yesteday since the three numbers
> they gave matched my father's. With the sales invoice from 6/10/1971
> ($263.75) and the police report about the theft on my home office desk, I
> checked several times yesterday for a response but none came. The seller
> finally responded this morning and my apprehension dissipated. Here is the
> difference between the serial numbers:
>
> Stolen:     1249081
> Seller's:    1248981
>
> Weird, huh? Meanwhile, the search continues!
>
> Terry
>
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