Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/15

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Subject: [Leica] Best camera deal you (personally) have ever gotten.......
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Thu Feb 15 19:48:54 2007
References: <B977330B-99CE-41E4-893A-9292E220EED7@fastermac.net> <p06230900c1fab35206d6@10.1.16.129> <001c01c7516a$73ef3bf0$5bcdb3d0$@net> <ECECEE4753943C5F816D8E1F@hindolveston.reid.org> <003501c75174$8db36930$a91a3b90$@net> <20070216025503.ED52D2FC09@donald.hostspirit.ch> <003701c75177$b0d38a00$127a9e00$@net>

OK Frank,
The best deal I ever found was an M3 over 1 mil with a 50 Summicron well
below 1000000, a good condition Summarit and a 50 Elmarit for $500.  The M3
needed a CLA but otherwise all was working fine.  I still have everything
today.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 2/15/07, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> OK... Out of the closet.....   Let's hear about the most outrageous deal
> you have ever gotten on a camera or lens.  No fair unless
> you explain the circumstances of the deal.......as much as you know......
>
> I will start off:  I bought about 30 darkroom lenses in a lot from
> Ebay.  The guy was legitimate, he was an equipment dealer in the
> Midwest.  He dealt in surplus equipment.  I paid over $1300, and sold a
> few of the lenses off for what I paid, then doubled that
> number on a single lens.....  a 210mm F5.6  APO EL Nikkor.  Not bad.  I
> sold off the rest of the lenses for a few hundred.
>
> Your turn......
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from rfendress at fastermac.net (Richard Endress) ([Leica] Yes, this funky old camera does work)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Deal too good to be true?)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Deal too good to be true?)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Deal too good to be true?)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Deal too good to be true?)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Best camera deal you (personally) have ever gotten.......)