Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/01

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Subject: Re: FIE ON COLLECTORS!
From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@wf.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 18:42:35 -0600

At 05:50 PM 2/1/97 -0500, Dan Cardish wrote:
>I think that some people are guilty of being collectors without even knowing
>it.  I can recall Marc Small claiming to use all of his equipment, implying
>that he is a user, yet he also claims to sell some of his cameras and/or
>lenses for more than he paid for it.  That appears to be a characteristic of
>a collector (the worst kind, for that is what is driving up prices)!

As opposed to the *best* kind, which you and I obviously are.   BTW, do you
have some Leica gear that I could buy for less than you paid for it?

Chuck
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Chuck Warman
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I'd hate to think that all my current experiences will
someday become stories with no point.
		---Calvin (to Hobbes)