Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm just curious, and not meaning to start anything, but if the camera >was a user why would you care if it had been touched up, as long as you >got a price adjustment to reflect that fact? Was Tamarkin not willing to >just give you the $300 you overpaid? Sorry to engender confustion: Tamarkin simply gave me an appraisal; I *bought* the camera elsewhere. And the guy I bought it from was not willing to come down in price. As for the touch-up... I don't know. It's probably irrational, a hangover from my days at architecture school: a preference for truth in construction, and authenticity. Banged-up is authentic. Touched-up is a lie. (We all have our neuroses.) cheers, Douglas Cooper