Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Easy. Take it out of the box, charge up the battery, and start shooting! Enjoy, Jim Shulman Wynnewood, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Howard Ritter Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:28 PM To: Leica Users Group; MUGers at yahoogroups.com Subject: [Leica] One afternoon in Miami It's like this. My family and I were spending a week on Marco Is., Florida, last week, and our son wanted to take his girlfriend to see South Beach at Miami, straight across the Everglades. I thought that a city as big and wealthy as Miami should surely have a Leica store, which I learned it does, and thus an opportunity for me to fondle a new M. So I emailed the contact person and learned that they had both black and chrome bodies in stock, as well as the new 35mm 'lux. So last Thursday we took Alligator Alley over to Miami, and while my wife and the kids strolled South Beach, I crossed town to Coral Gables and the Leica store, where a very helpful Mr Peter Dooling indulged my fantasies. That's all they were, you know. I swear. Just the desire to have hands on a silver M240 with a 35 'lux mounted. No firm intention to buy, just curiosity. Innocent curiosity. Didn't mean to get in over my head, but I was suddenly very aware of the weight of that credit card in my back pocket, and I found myself in the grip of forces beyond my control... Well, a crowd like you lot don't need to be told the rest. I didn't actually walk out of there with the goods in hand, because by having the store ship them to me in Ohio I could save $847 (!) in sales tax, so here I am waiting for UPS and Wednesday. Only problem: I had told SWMBO that I'd finance the purchase (if I actually intended to buy, which *ha ha* I didn't, not at all, just look) by selling off some older bodies and lenses, which she approved of and I fully intend to do. But of course she meant FIRST... Now, what do I do Wednesday? -howard _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information