I've got to echo John here -- I bought all I could justify, too, and
that wasn't all that much. We're just fortunate (as someone said) that
they weren't just dumped, like Oly/US did.
The problem with stocking repair parts is that you never know for sure
what you'll need. I've got thousands of dollars tied up in parts that I
doubt I'll ever use, and order $1000 more a month -- and it's still not
enough!
I'm sure that 99.90f what's here will never be needed. The sad thing,
though, is that if you need a part, you _need_ it, even if it is just a
once in a life-time thing. Like a spring that goes flying, or a lever
that breaks, or a diaphragm blade that looses it's pin. If you can't
find a "dead" body to salvage....
Which reminds me -- anyone have a spare rear lens group for a 35 RD?
;^)
Clint
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> If sent back to Olympus Japan, they would put them in the crusher. They'd
> never use them. The philosophy is, move on, buy new product, don't fix
> something old. Clint and I (and others) heartily disagree.
>
> (BTW, I cherry picked what I wanted from that list about a month ago,
> anyway, and even after that, there were 278 OM-1 black battery caps left
> ((or so I was told)).
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