Thanks for your offer to help. In the meantime, can you name me a camera
shop where I can ask my cousin to buy SR44 batteries for my OM2n? What would
the price per piece be in Hong Kong?
Here in Manila I am forced to use LR 44 and sometimes I experience mirror
lock up problems i particular on my OM 40. Other webring members say that
weak batteries can cause the problem.
Regards
Titoy
-----Original Message-----
From: C.H.Ling <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Price haggling? OM PC Sold for $ 300!
>No problem, next time before you come to Hong Kong, please drop me a email.
>
>C.H.Ling
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JUANITA M. ALMEDA" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "OlympusWebring" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 10:32 PM
>Subject: [OM] Price haggling? OM PC Sold for $ 300!
>
>
>> Thanks Mr Ling for the comments. You may be right, the unpleasant
>experience
>> I have had has only been from the tourist camera shops on Nathan. Allow
me
>> to talk shortly about one experience:
>>
>> Talking of OM zuikaholicism... The only OM camera body I bought was an OM
>40
>> (PC) in 1997 from a shop called: Trust Camera and Video Supplies. For a
>long
>> time I had been eyeing the camera as it looked like old new stock. Oh,
the
>> perils of Zuikhoaholicsm...I was much less knowledgable then and was
>> intriqued on seeing for the first time the "Program"mode. Hmmm I thought
>> that the damn computer mode would make miracles in photography.!
>>
>> At that time I would visit HK a 2-3 times a year on business and found
>> myself looking at that same camera for three times (a year then) before
>> finally succumbing on April 29, 1997. Each time a looked at it I wondered
>> why if the rest of the camera looked new, the bottom plate did have
>> scratches. The ready answer of course was "its been held and touched too
>> many times by many customers....
>>
>> That craft salesman must've by then smelled a gullible OM addict. To make
>a
>> long story short I walked away from the store paying USD 300.00!!! Now I
>> realize what a fool I was... To think I could have an OM 4t for that
>> money...
>>
>> Even then, another store was selling a new old stock OM 10 for about USD
>> 200!
>>
>> Charge to experince as we would say...
>>
>> Next time Mr Ling you might help by suggesting what shops to go for
camera
>> stuff?
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C.H.Ling <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Sunday, January 07, 2001 9:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Price haggling
>>
>>
>> >I think you might have got some bad experience, but I never, may be I
>know
>> >where to buy. Usually I will visit some shops to find out which gives
the
>> >best price before I buy, just ask and not buy is no problem. Try to
avoid
>> >the shops in tourist area (but no problem for large department stores).
>> >Actually most of the people here are very friendly to foreign visitors
>> >except mainly China visitors, may be they bargain too much.
>> >
>> >C.H.Ling
>> >Hong Kong
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "JUANITA M. ALMEDA" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 7:53 AM
>> >Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Price haggling
>> >
>> >
>> >> In HOng Kong,just asking the price and not buying gets them mad
>> >sometimes...
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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