Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The ser # "paranoia" is no such thing. Not everyone is as upstanding as this group "appears" to be......send me a ser #, I'll report it to the police as stolen and give them YOUR name, Marc.......you try to explain to the jack-booted halfwits that come to YOUR door that you didn't steal it.......Hope you have a receipt from that camera show in l978. I have once been ripped off and when my equipment was found in a pawn shop, the cops told me I'd have to BUY it back......which was bullshit, but they believed it....their "GUN BUDDIES" operate the pawnshops. Once I bought a camera when I was really young, from another really young guy.....he stole it from a relative......the relative came and took the camera back. When I asked about my money, he offered to kill me. (was a big redneck, and wasn't joking.) The "authorities" are rarely on your side.....yes, I'm paranoid. BTW, these groups are available to anyone with an internet connection. Just do a search on the search engines for "sex-duct-tape-little boys-mom" and see what you get.....these people can and do "lurk" all day in some cases....a little fraud and thievery, and they pick up a thousand dollars or so.......at least two welfare checks' worth..... There is NO difference between a user camera with 995xxx and 1004xxx.......so there's no reason to even CARE about the "whole" number.....why put yourself at risk? The same people almost never look at the strap lugs for looseness or the RFDR for edge separation.....REAL, expensive problems.... who cares about the "number"? I've had 1958 cameras in flawless condition, and friend had a "valuable, black enamel M4, number 1245xxx that the flange/film distance was off on. That, my friend, is a SERIOUS concern on an M....(sure glad those collectors never take pictures!! :) I am quite cavalier. I take chances, some of them stupid, that almost NONE of the Leica geeks would take......but I also don't ride my bicycle in front of trains