Additional comments regurading Negresco... They are well known at local
camera show in southern california as bottom dwelling, scum sucking ,low
lifes that would rip off there own mother to make a fast dollar.. These
brothers are like glue and team up and look to rip off anyone they come in
contact with and get away with it ...I was at a local camera show and and I
was able to see first hand there attempt to rip off a little old lady who
had just lost her husband to cancer. She brought in a box of his mint,
highly collectable camera equipment . Leica,contax,alpa,with many rare lens
and accessories. She really needed the money to survive. They told her that
it was very old and worth only 100.00 to maybe 175.00 and advise her that
they would have to possible fix, repair and clean all the equipment and that
they would make very little money. In reality they would have made thousands
. She was about to except the offer when I spoke up and said " What great
old camera equipment. I know some of the dealer here that will give you
hundreds of dollars for these cameras and lens.. The brothers were needless
to say very upset at me for making such a comment...She walked the camera
show floor and sold it all for several thousand dollars.. It made may day
and trashed there day...Ha Ha What a shame.....Regurds to all honest , loyal
olympus collectors....
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sommerwerck" <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: [OM] Who is Negresco? -- follow-up
> "Back in December I noticed a few auctions that looked similar to our
friend
> Negresco's. I found two or three other names that all shared at least the
same
> yellow background photos and "over the top" descriptions.
>
> "It's possible the new eBay IDs are not associates of Gerhard's. However I
can
> find no current auctions for negresco, and the second related name was
> "emanuele." It seems to have changed to emanuele-cameras.
>
> "I have been fortunate to have only had one transaction with these guys
and it
> went okay, but I was counting my fingers when I was done, even though we
never
> shook hands. I think this is a perfect example of your "Sales Type Slime"
> evolving to a lower life form."
>
>
> The Website for the eBay store you referenced is photocamera.com, the same
as
> Gerhard Kleinehagenbrock's (negresco). It appears he is now using a new
name
> (emanuele).
>
> This suggests -- at the very least -- he developed a bad reputation and
needed
> to change his name. I do not, however, believe Mr. Kleinehagenbrock is
> consciously dishonest. He did, after all, fix my camera and offer to
refund the
> purchase price. It's rather that his sense of business values is so
different
> from the peoples' he sells to that he's likely to create animosity.
>
> I see no reason not to do business with Gerhard -- he has some good stuff.
But
> I would be very cautious, and absolutely certain of what you're buying
before
> you send money.
>
>
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