Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i couldn't agree more with the truth behind the humor of these posts -- a leica M4 still sealed in its original box may be a good investment for the small group of well heeled snobs willing to pay for such things, but as a practical matter it might as well be a brick. It is totally useless and, after sitting unused for 30 years, probably inoperable anyway, which makes it worse than a brick. charlie trentelman ogden uses his utah In a message dated 7/4/0 12:09:24 AM, you wrote: > >Martin Howard spilled the beans: >> >> I've always wondered how people know that there actually IS a black paint >M4 >> inside those boxes. Every now and then, I'm in half a mind to get a mint >> box, put half a brick inside, seal it, and stick the thing on eBay. >> >> M. >> > >Nice work, Martin. I had my early retirement all figured out and here you >are blabbing the whole thing. Now what am I going to do with all these >Leica boxes I had made, let alone all the half bricks I have in the dining >room? > >rp johnson