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Re: [OM] Common Courtesy Rant Retraction

Subject: Re: [OM] Common Courtesy Rant Retraction
From: Jim Brokaw <jbrokaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:55:57 -0700
on 9/11/02 11:13 AM, Walt Wayman at hiwayman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> My grumpiness was much improved yesterday by the arrival of the truly mint
> 35/2.8 shift.  Today, it evaporated completely when I unpacked the
> 35-80/2.8.  I highly recommend this Zuiko therapy for anyone who may, like
> me, be afflicted with occasional attacks of grouchiness.  Justify it as a
> medical expense, a mental health necessity.

I'm not sure the IRS is going to go for a deduction for 'Zuiko therapy'...
> 
> Again, the glass is perfect, the aperture snappy, the zoom and focus smooth
> as can be, and the only sign the lens has ever been used at all is a tiny,
> minuscule, little-bitty bit of wear on the bayonet lugs where the (included
> and proper) tulip-type hood attaches.  It also came with the correct front
> and rear caps.

I'm going to need treatment for 'Zuiko Envyitis' real soon now...
> 
> This auction concluded only five business days ago, and despite my
> displeasure with the dearth of communication, which consisted of a single
> email containing nothing but the seller's email address, I suppose I'll
> again be relenting and leaving positive feedback.  Like the other seller
> about whom I railed, this one has also already left me positive feedback.

This sounds like a seller who is real busy, but since you got a good deal,
and the equipment arrived in good shape I guess the appropriate fair
response is a 'good' feedback.
> 
> Given a choice, I'll take stuff in great shape, like these two lenses, in
> lieu of the most cordial correspondence any day, so I'll try to be less
> grumpy about the lack of such niceties henceforth.  And I promise not to go
> off on a rant half-cocked for at least 90 days.  I certainly will have no
> cause to do so with regard to equipment purchases, because it will be at
> least that long before I have enough OMoney to buy even a lens cap.
> 
> Walt

We will now, of course, want to see some pictures taken to 'test out' these
new additions... enjoy your labors <g>.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> I and the public know
> What all schoolchildren learn,
> Those to whom evil is done
> Do evil in return.
> --W.H. Auden, 9/1/1939
> -----------------------------------------------------------
-- 

Jim Brokaw
OM-1's, -2's, -4's, (no -3's yet) and no OM-oney... 


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