Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Interesting SCAM
From: Austin Franklin <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:15:16 -0400

Given those circumstances, I would believe the buyer did not deal in good 
faith, and as such, I would have been VERY hesitant (ie, not done it) to 
give him his money back...

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> This person I know wanted to sell a Leica body and a lens.  The body
> has a very unique and distinctive mark on it. My friend sold it on
> the internet (not on the LUG).  The person who bought it wanted a 15
> day return privilege.  So after a little haggling over price my
> friend sold the camera to this person.

> The camera was shipped second day air to the buyer in Texas.  Several
> days later (through a series of circumstances) my friend found out
> his camera was on E-bay auction with a reserve price on it.  He knew
> it was his camera because the unique mark was visible in the photo of
> the camera on E-bay.  At he end of the auction the camera was not
> sold because the reserve price had not been met.

> Yes, you guessed it.  My friend got the camera and lens back from the
> buyer with a not saying that the camera did not meet his
> requirements, or some such crap.

> The moral is, be real careful who you sell cameras to in Texas and,
> only offer a three day return privilege.