Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently had a similar experience with a Swedish camera. The cookies they gave me afterward were really good. It both pays and is expensive to be stubborn. Chris At 03:27 PM 9/20/2010, you wrote: >A deal may have been reached. > >I bid on a Digilux but swiftly received a >counter offer from an attorney representing "a >concerned group" who explained if that if I >would cease this pursuit of a Leica and promise >not to represent myself as "a photographer who >uses Leica gear, at all, ever" they would offer >me a sum of money and some gear of a competitor. >I replied "go jump in a lake, I only use Leica >gear!" at which point two gentlemen appeared at >my door. I recognized them after a moment as >Jesse "the Body" Ventura and Alex Trebeck. They >wrestled me into a bag and drove me to a barn >where I heard a few men speaking in German -- >the only words I remember were repeated again >and again as they poured freezing cold water >over me: "Viel Gem?se ist ver?rgert. Winkelst?ckenergie. Fischha?t?rkn?ufe!" > >When it became woefully apparent that they spoke >no English and I spoke no German, they took me >out of the bag and pantomimed what I think was >the plot of the pilot for Father Knows Best but >I wasn't sure. After a while they handed me a >Digilux while at the same time distributing a >powerful electric shock. Every time I touched >the camera, the same thing happened; electricity >would shoot through my body and the men would >shout: "Langsamer Toastermann. Feiern Sie! >Langsamer Toastermann. Feiern Sie!" They got >really worked up. But I couldn't stop picking up >the shiny shiny beautiful Leica. This went on for a long time. > >Eventually they gave up and dropped me off in the park. > >I called the guy who's Leica I'd bid on and he >said he'd put it in a box and ship it out. > >So. In the near future, I will most likely have new Leica photos for >you!!!!! > >kc > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049