Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Ted..... Cheers......! Should look further into how the seller got a hold of it....... Maybe he was the thief...... TMLee >Folks here is one that you will find quite interesting! > >You may recall I had an R8, winder and 35-70 3.5 disappear during the 1998 >Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, September '98. And the >unfortunate non-insurance situation that occurred due to two people >"assuming" the other had looked after the ensuring! (Myself and assistant >Sandy) Of course neither had, so it meant buying a new R8, winder and I >didn't replace the lens as I figured I wait for the 35-70 2.8. > >That's the back ground. > >Last week a wonderful LUGGER in Kuala Lumper whom you all know, Mr. MC Lau, >that I met and enjoyed his friendship on my arrival in KL, sent me an >e-mail that maybe, just maybe, my missing camera had surfaced. > >An R8 was being offered for a very cheap price to a photographer who was >leery of the price and placed a call to another photographer in KL. This in >turn opened lines of communication within KL photographers who were aware >of the "missing Leica R8" MC was informed and he was on it's case right >away. > >The next post: "yes the serial numbers matched and a contact was set in >play to recover it." Now it became a daily posting back and forth, Canada >to Malaysia on how to handle this. > >Do we get the police involved? NO, it'll create too damn much paper work >and who knows if I'll ever get it back! Second option, buy it from the >seller, seemed strange buying my own camera from a possible thief, as it >turned out this person was an unwitting buyer himself from the original >perpetrator. It will be purchased at a very nominal recovery fee, which I >can assure you is much better than buying another new one! :) > >So folks as we speak, write, read whatever, MC is in the process of >rescuing my R8 lifted 14 months ago! :) > >Now if that doesn't make you want to believe there is some good guy or gal >on high looking after me, nothing will. With any kind of luck I'll have it >back in hand by this time next week! Ya alright, let the force be with >you!:):) > >I suppose I sound a little excited, yeah I guess you could say that. :) > >So guys and gals I'd appreciate a great big round of applause for LUGGER MC >Lau in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, for his efforts in the rescue of a wonderful >Leica R8 camera. > >ted > > > > > > > >Ted Grant >This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. >http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant > >