Re: [Leica] was my leica m6 stolen?

["Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>]

I'd take it back to the store as quickly as I could and get my money back!
Bud
- ----- Original Message -----
From: kyle cassidy <cassidy@hector.asc.upenn.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 1999 1:39 PM
Subject: [Leica] was my leica m6 stolen?


> Howdy all,
>   I just bought a used M6 from a large, long-time-in-business store in the
> U.S.. When a friend asked me the serial number, I was forced to say that I
> hadn't been able to find a serial number on it. He told me to look on the
> hot shoe, and when I did, i found that one of the sides of the hot shoe,
> the one where the serial number was supposed to be, has a decided
> _depression_ or _groove_ in it, very finely milled, but a groove
> nonetheless, did someone file off the serial number? it is also a slightly
> lighter color, as though someone perhaps repainted it, though i would
> think painstakingly. when a level is placed across the hotshoe, one side
> is definately slightly lower than the other, which would fit in with some
> metal being ground away. am i being paranoid? should i call the store i
> bought it from and try and trace down the previous owner?
>   Thanks for your expertise,
>
>   Kyle
>
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