Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/16
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>> 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..
Marcs reply in part
>> 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,
snippety snip snip
>> 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
Didn't see any insults....just a tart and factual repudiation of a
seemingly mass acceptance of nonsense.....no reason for an owner to NOT
post the entire number unless perhaps the owner is unsure of the provenance
and doesn't want to chance losing a good deal to the rightful owner....
Mike Leitheiser
"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
Tom McGuane