Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The following sites will help: http://ItsBeenStolen.com http://www.leica-camera.com http://www.photo.net/registry/index.tcl Roland Smith Oakland, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don R." <don.ro@verizon.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen. > In the mid-1960's I sent, via Railway Express, two M-3's and a number of > Leica lenses to Chicago but along the way they were stolen. They never > turned up. No internet then. > > Repair shops and dealers should post these numbers where they may be checked > anytime used equipment is presented for repair or sale. > > Purchasers should be aware that merely buying stolen goods from someone does > not remove the rightful claim of ownership and the unsuspecting purchaser > may wind up paying for the goods only to lose them back to the rightful > owner. Much depends on the law where the various transactions took place but > buying stolen merchandise is risky business. > > Just maybe with the internet these stolen goodies will return to the > rightful owner's hands. > > If there were a "clearing house" of serial numbers of stolen Leica cameras > and lenses, one could quickly check it before plunking down good money for > stolen goods. > > Don R. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel.ridings@muspro.uio.no> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 9:53 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen. > > > > Get them out to all the auction sites lickity split! > > > > We're spread all over the world. We have a decent finger on the pulse of > > what is available and should be able to notice deviations. > > > > Anyone who has had things stolen will really want this stuff to come back > > where it belongs. (It happened to me once ... stolen M3, M2 + what you use > > with that kind of thing were stolen from me on Chuck Berry's farm. > > Somehow, someway the police in San Fransisco nabbed someone trying to pawn > > it of in a park and I got most back (but not the film, rats) > > > > Daniel > > > > > > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Don R. wrote: > > > > > Will the serial numbers of the stolen goods be published or placed on a > > > website that we may check? > > > > > > Don R. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Lucien" <director@ubi.edu> > > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:42 AM > > > Subject: [Leica] Alert ! Leica-Camera France : complete stock stolen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Be careful ! A lot of like new R's, M's, lenses, binoculars new or > demo > > > > were stole at Leica France. > > > > > > > > Lucien > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html