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Stolen Leica Lens Sold on eBay Buyer Loses Lens
This is a discussion on Stolen Leica Lens Sold on eBay Buyer Loses Lens within the Open Talk forums, part of the General Information category; A bit of a warning about lenses and eBay. A regular Leica User Forum member recently got a used lens ...
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06-04-2007, 01:02 PM
A bit of a warning about lenses and eBay. A regular Leica User Forum member recently got a used lens from a large eBay seller (in Europe). Sent to lens to Leica for coding and got a call from the police. Leica has a registery of stolen gear and checks it when equipment comes in. He's out now 1400 dollars. Here are the details. --------------------------- "The market wants a Leica to be a Leica: the inheritor of tradition, the subject of lore, and indisputably a mark of status to own." Mike Johnston |
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06-04-2007, 01:24 PM
Man, that bites, I tend to agree about Leica not listing the nunbers as stolen, and they could have at least worked something out with the guy...maybe a discount on another lens or something..... --------------------------- Nathan Simmons Houston Wedding Photographer /My Wedding Blog/Portrait Photography Site practice with intent to improve, makes perfect...by all means, feel free to edit images for the sake of improvement and photographer will not be offended |
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06-04-2007, 03:10 PM
It sucks for the buyer, but rocks for the guy that got robbed. I haven't read the story yet, but buying from a large ebay seller is usually a good bet. Just remember, if it's too good to be true, something is wrong with it every time. |
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06-04-2007, 04:25 PM
I suppose you could ask for the serial number and then runn it past the manufacturer. --------------------------- Houston Wedding Photographer, Aric C. Hoek "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derilicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." - Calvin Coolidge |
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06-04-2007, 04:35 PM
He may well get his money back, but he ought to contact Leica UK about the lens hood he bought from them which they then sent to the original owner along with the lens. |
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06-04-2007, 05:45 PM
I never buy from outside US, Been screwed by a guy in Canada also. Oh and must have a paypay confirmed does not always help either. Ebay is is full of scams these days. saw no less than 5 L glass 300 and 400mm 2.8 for sale, all said contact me at this email stuff. bid a $1 on each one. Ebay shut them down. --------------------------- Robert T Born Texan, Canon by Choice. www.rltphoto.com "...Photography is about photographers. A camera didn't make a great picture any more than a typewriter wrote a great novel". - Peter Adams -1978 |
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