Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc James Small [SMTP:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 1998 10:20 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] COMPLETE Serial Numbers, Please! > > At 07:50 AM 1998-09-16 -0400, Jeffrey "Buzz" Hausner wrote: > >Hunt; do not post the entire > >serial number, replace the last two digits with Xs so that nobody can > claim > >it as stolen from her or his collection. Thus, camera #1765432 would be > >posted as 17654XX.. > > This is complete, unadulterate, bosh. There is no way, under US law, at > any rate, that such a claim would hold up unless the cameras were, indeed, > stolen. Folks who believe that posting the entire number puts them at > risk > are of the same lack of, er, sophistication as those folks who believe > that > street hoods are able to distinguish between a Leica and a Kodak point 'n > shoot. > > I will not assist those who fail to post or to send me privately the > complete s/n, simply as a matter of principle -- I will not feed another's > abject paranoia. > > Marc > > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! [Buzz] Hey, sending a number privately is another matter. Regarding public distribution, anyone can take any risk he or she cares to take. Regarding your insults, I use Leicas. I point. I shoot. The results are pretty good. I don't care what others think about what I use. Buzz