Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think we are bashing a guy for getting a bargain. I gave a motorhome to Goodwill, and I thought it was worth at least $8000. They ended up selling it for $1000. Is that my problem? Should the guy who bought it go to confession because he got a bargain? My daughter who lives in NYC, loves to come to the Goodwill in Natchitoches. She stuck her hand into a barrel of scarves, and plucked out a silk one and proudly paid the $2. The point at Salvation Army and Goodwill, and all those stores (for us the donors) is the giving. What Salvation and Goodwill does with it is not our affair. Good on the guy for making a bargain. He will be predisposed to share his mite with the Salvation Army when he is giving. (And we don't know how much he has given them in the past, nor do we know the condition of the camera.) Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 6:26 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Bargin > Barg about, no, but it' a great story! ..Part of the reason many people > go to Salvation Army and similar stores is the same reason other people > buy lottery tickets - the silly fantasy that some day you'll find that > Leica M3 for $5, or you'll buy that crappy print of the crying clown, > and will discover that it is backed with an original copy of the DofI. > > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > Teresa299@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 4:21 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin > > > > In a message dated 6/4/03 5:33:25 AM, langhans@compwrx.com writes: > > << A friend of a friend of mine walked into a Salvation Army store and > for $5 > > walked out with a Leica M3 with 50/2 Sumicron, meter and case. Now, > that's > > a deal. I offered him a 600% profit and he turned me down. :-( > > I thought that 600% in this economy would be more than a fair profit. > :-) > > > Yes, I knew he would not sell because he knew exactly what he had found. > > > Aram >> > > > Oh come on you have to be kidding me, this is something to brag about? > This > is like the story of hearing about some dude going to a garage sale > happening > to raise money for some kids kidney transplant and then "scores" a > $1,000 > Hermes Grace Kelly purse for $5. I echo the sentiments of the other > folks who > hope that the other part of your story that you might have left out is > that your > friend is going to donate some extra $$ or maybe work at the soup > kitchen for > a couple weeks. > > > > Kim > -- > 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