Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH!
From: "\(SonC\) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 22:31:35 -0500
References: <145.12f4b90d.2c10d935@aol.com> <002101c32b95$21575980$9740b8c7@nsula.edu> <00c601c32bd9$35be7e00$615e1c41@leaetrg64tja2w>

oops sorry Lea. I thought those  were Labrador Retreivers you have been
posting. My mistake.  Need to adjust the monitor I think

S.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH!


> HEY, Hey, hey....let's leave the poodles out of this!
>
> Lea (who owns 3 and breeds the beautiful creatures)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Bargin BAH!
>
>
> > How did you read all those implications into what I wrote?   Your post
> > had everything to do with peanut butter.  Please don't demean peanut
> > butter in your quest for justice, it's an excellent food for kids, and
> > is NOT cheap.   When you give a case of it to the Salvation Army, or
> > the Food bank, it is ready to use, no overhead but transportation.
> >
> >    The Salvation Army is in the business of saving souls.  That they
> > also feed people and provide jobs for people is an added benefit.
> >
> > I  don't believe the Leica deal ever happened.  and if it did,  I do
> > not  have enough information about the camera to know if this is
> > anything more than a "poodle in a microwave."
> >
> > If a rare item comes in, it is really out of their realm to try to
> > move it in another way than their usual track.  Suppose they had
> > jobbed it out to KEH?  KEH would pay them at most 60% of what they
> > could get for it.  But,  Sister Jones has to make the deal,  pack the
> > camera, and well, you get the picture . . . Easier to put that stuff
> > out there, and if an occasional customer makes a great deal, ***this
> > is important*** GREAT!  people will hear about it and come in and buy
> > stuff.
> >
> > When you give something to someone, it is a gift.  They can do what
> > they want to with it.   And I didn't donate a can of tennis balls to
> > charity last year.  I donated a motorhome with air conditioning, a
> > virtually new refrigerator,  three new tires,  and a new fuel pump.
> > I also donated several stationwagon loads of household goods and
> > clothes.  Guess what?  I don't care what they do with the stuff.  That
> > they sell it for pennies on the dollar is not my affair.
> >
> > Thank you ma'am for listening to my side of the story.
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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