Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:50 PM 11/15/2001, you wrote: >My cheap M experience happened about a year ago. Oklahoma City has 2 camera >stores of any note. The largest is called Epperson's. One day a firefighter >friend of mine said that he had seen a Leica that afternoon at the store. I >immediately rushed over to the store and, upon not seeing it, I asked the >salesperson. Sure enough, he said, it was in back being re-evaluated. My >heart dropped as I imagined them adding another zero or something to the >price. Low and behold they bought out a M3 Leica serial number 1mil. plus >with a mr-4 meter and to top it off, an Elcan 50 mm lens! And they wanted >$150!!!!! I grabbed it and said I'd take it, at which time I noticed the >Elcan. Shaking terribly I paid them and rushed home with my new camera. It >was scratched a bit on top, is missing a little vulcanite and had repaired >shutter curtains from some one burning a hole in them. The Elcan was in >excellent condition however, and I sold it to a collector as I really wanted >a Noctilux and this would get it. I still can not understand how the camera >salespersons in that store possibly priced it that low. I have witnesses >also! This is my greatest camera buy, so I know they are out there, banged >up rangefinders that dealers think have passed their time of use. >I have given a few parts to lug members and have always had great responses >to my philanthropy. Once I sent a gentleman a neg carrier for a focomat I >and he made my day with his generous response. Until I found out what their >worth ;^). Just kidding. How DO you sleep at night? :) - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html Some mornings it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html