Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30

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Subject: RE: [Leica]What do you think of that? Not much!
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:37:49 -0000

I believe that's essentially what I said - the only difference being that I
said, echoing an earlier poster - don't call it an investment.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of David
> Morton
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 7:12 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc: dmorton@journalist.co.uk
> Subject: RE: [Leica]What do you think of that? Not much!
>
>
> B. D. Colen wrote:
>
> > The only way buying a camera like this makes "sense" is if you are a
> > dedicated camera collector who has the resources to be able to take
> > $22,000
> > and bury it in a tin can in the backyard and not loose
> sleep over the
> > fact
> > that your money isn't making money.
>
> Who cares? If someone's got the cash to spare (and isn't
> bashing little
> old ladies over the head to feed his or her camera habit) who
> are we to
> tell 'em they're right or wrong to spend it on an old camera?
>
> Good luck to 'em.
>
> DHM
>