[Leica] Something I posted on RFF, you may find this is funny.

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

  Well, I'm trying to, more and more.

It has caused some comfort, to no longer hover over my Leica stuff and 
anguish about what to select to sell, in efforts to raise funds.

Well, that's not quite true.  I have two 50/2 Summicrons, one that has 
had its front element repolished by Focal Point, and one "original 
condition", meaning, a few cleaning marks, and touch of haze, and I want 
to sell one of them.   The repolished one will bring more bucks, the 
original one, well, one notion is "keep the best, sell the rest".

And the sell and rebuy phenomena - it just drives me up the wall.   I 
sold a mint IIIg last month, and rebought another IIIg last week.  
Fortunately, they were "almost" the same price.

...Vick



On 8/30/2010 4:51 PM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
> So Vick, How many times do you follow this advice?  ;-)
>
> gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vick Ko"<vick.ko at sympatico.ca>
> To: "Leica Users Group"<lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 7:21:46 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Leica] Something I posted on RFF, you may find this is funny.
>
>
>    Ways to deal with GAS, and anguish related to "selecting what to sell".
>
>
> 1. get out and shoot. Works very well.
>
> 2. set up rules to live by, especially in times of weakness and temptation.
>
> Rule #1 - NEVER sell Leica.
>
> Corollary to Rule #1: every generation of Leica is unique.
> Therefore, it is okay to have dozens of 50mm Leica lenses.
> In fact, it is perfectly normal.
>
> Rule #2 - if it isn't Leica, it can be sold, to fund Leica items
>
> 3. when looking at other people's work, NEVER look at what gear or lens
> they used. Learn to figure out what focal length and f-stop was used,
> from the image.
>
> 4. in times of extreme temptation, get off the computer, take out a
> loaded camera, and shoot photos with the lens that you think you might
> want to sell. If after seeing the images, you still want to sell, then
> sell ruthlessly, quickly and don't look back. The item has gone to a
> better place.
>
> 5. if you sold and then find yourself buying the same thing back, then,
> fate has decided that you were meant to have that item in your collection.
>
> 5a. Don't regret that you probably will pay more for the item, than what
> you sold your previous one for. That is fate, punishing you, for your 
> folly.
>
>
>
> Remember - shooting overcomes GAS, just about all the time.
>
> :-)
>
> Vick
> ps  GAS is "Gear Acquisition Syndrome", a normally fatal condition ....
>
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