Chris,
Don't you ALWAYS bid real low? <g>
Bill Stanke
Chris O'Neill wrote:
>
> He says in his description that he's selling it for family, and somewhere
> I think he mentioned "grandpa" who bought stuff, never took care of it,
> and then replaced it when it broke. That said, my guess is the guy
> bought it from a repair shop that went out of business (or a similar
> circumstance).
>
> I've bid (real low, of course) just to keep an eye on it. Doubt that I'll
> actually seriously chase any of it, but it's kinda interesting to see what
> it'll all go for.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Nov 2001, at 16:00, M. Royer wrote:
>
> > This is the same guy who sold the 350/2.8, 250/2,
> > 1000/11, 600/6.5, a corroded 8/2.8, 16/3.5 and a ton
> > of other Olympus OM stuff, most of it with major
> > problems. I don't know where he gets it all, most of
> > it seems like it was kept in a leaky attic and some
> > lenses escaped while others got rained upon. His big
> > stuff looks to be in good shape because it was kept in
> > their cases, but whoever originally bought most of
> > this stuff was an incredibly poor steward. Kinda like
> > a guy who gets a new Mercedes and never changes the
> > oil. A dozen OM bodies, all broken, a dozen lenses,
> > all with varying degrees of fungus, and some lenses
> > that seemed to be spared from this by luck or case or
> > placement. I would definitely be carefull with this
> > guy, that said if things remain pretty cheap (yeah
> > right) I might get in just for the heck of it.
> >
> > Mark Lloyd
> >
> > --- Tom Scales <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'd be nervous. He's selling a bunch of broken
> > > bodies and fungus damaged
> > > lenses too.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "gries" <gries@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:05 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [OM] Macro 20mm Lens for Bellows
> > >
> > >
> > > > No, but the 400/6.3 looks interesting....
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gee you don't see these every day ... or do you?
> > > >
> > > > No connection, etc.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1294416010
> > > >
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