Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The keyword here is "FUN." If it isn't fun, why do it? (I quote Ben and Jerry's here ...) Leica purchases (or any other shiny doo-dad)--and of course, using them--should be fun. If owning every new model, and every old one, and anything in between, brings you pleasure, and you can afford it, then why not? All the bah-humbug in the world about the latest and greatest is just that ... naysayers have never been much fun to hang out with! And if you want to travel light, then sell off what you don't use, and let someone else have some fun with it. Why not? Everyone I sell to is absolutely delighted to be buying and enjoying their purchase. They write to me all the time to tell me so. They are some of the most delightful people I've ever had the good fortune to work with, bar none. Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jeff S Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 12:58 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Compulsive consumerism? Sam, What kind of strange frugality would make a person go through life dragging all past purchases around like a ball and chain? I think of selling things as a kind of "virtual storage", only instead of piling up boxes of underutilized stuff in my closets, I store them on the open market! And who among us doesn't change over the years? Once upon a time, a Camaro, a Farrah 'do and Duran Duran didn't seem like bad ideas. As for why folks feel compelled to justify their switch to (non-Leica) digital: Sam, never underestimate the human mind's power to rationalize just about anything: Juggle the facts around a bit, add creative spin, and almost you too can make a luxury purchase seem like a necessity; another "can't-live-without". Probably the most honest reason a person could give is "I bought it because I wanted it". This is actually the FUN attitude to take because you're allowed to get all wide-eyed over a shiny new toy, and if it so happens that said toy is useful and makes you money, that's a bonus. I was taking my first digital photographs around 1986, but didn't get my first Leica until a few years later, so if anything, it's the Leica that's the shiny new toy for me! Jeff >Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 21:28:48 -0500 >From: sam <sam@osheaven.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Panasonic DMC-FZ10 with Vario-Elmarit lens > [stuff deleted] >but it is a bit much when person after person begins >selling their Leica gear because of compulsive >consumerism--and write message after message explaining >their choice for the LUG. And I REALLY do look forward >to those sold film cameras coming on the market at >absurdly low prices. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ - -- 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