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Re: [OM] What's so secret about S/N?

Subject: Re: [OM] What's so secret about S/N?
From: "Bryan Pilati" <bryan223@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 21:39:49 -0400
I see s/n's on ebay all the time.

Bryan Pilati
OM-2N
Va-USA
Disclaimer:  I'm always joking
unless I should be serious.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johan Malmström" <jmalmstrom@xxxxxxx>
To: "olympus Zuiko.sls.bc.ca" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] What's so secret about S/N?


> Thanks for answering! It seems appropriate to leave out a part of S/N. I
was
> asking because I was doing a new background for my camera gear-homepage.
The
> result is not that beautiful but kind of eccentric... I just put my four
> Zuikos on my scanner and scanned :)
>
> // Johan -- result at <http://homepage.mac.com/jmalmstrom/photo.html>
>
>
> Den 02-05-12 22.10, skrev "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Mostly to avoid 'scams'.  If someone saw my S/N and wanted to cause
> > problems, they could report it as THEIR lens and stolen.  This way, they
> > only have a 1 in a 1000 chance at getting it right.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> <AND>
>
> Den 02-05-12 22.11, skrev "Richard Allen" <dickallen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Johan,
> > Leaving off the numbers is a precaution. This is in case the lens has at
one
> > time or another, been stolen. This is not to say the we OMers are a
sorry
> > lot. It's just that most lenses in our class have been around for a long
> > time and we do purchase them used (quite often) without really knowing
where
> > they may have traveled in their lifetimes.
> > This is something that I have learned from the others on the list.
> > Richard
>
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