Sorry to hear that, what a bummer!
--- "mike m." <mnmitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well
for all the deals I've managed to Fang on OM
> gear in the last few
> years,I just missed out on some real goodies. A
> local camera shop is
> going out of business and had one of those sales
> where the longer you
> wait the more they mark off the equipment. Anything
> left in June was
> going to be 500ff the sticker. I had gone in
> around the middle of May
> and checked out all the OM goodies on the shelf and
> had my eye on a nice
> 2S and a 35-70 f3.6 and 50-250 zoom. I really wanted
> the 35-70 and it
> was in ex+ condition. I talked to Kevin the owner's
> son and he said to
> come back in June and he'd cut me a good deal on the
> stuff, cause
> nobody's interested in OM stuff around here.I had
> figured the 35-70 at
> 75 bucks and the 2S at 125 bucks. I thought Kevin
> might let them both go
> for 175 maybe less. I cruise over to the store last
> Friday with my cash
> and walked in and the shelf is bare except for a
> bunch of 50 1.8's. I
> figured Kevin had put them back somewhere for me and
> I figured wrong. He
> said a buyer for KEH called on them and the first
> things he bought were
> the OM stuff he had. All the Zuiko glass except the
> 50 1.8's went, two
> very nice winder 2's, the 2S,2N two 1N's and a
> beautiful black OM4 that
> Kevin said ran the batteries down in a week. So if
> you are looking at a
> OM4 from KEH beware if you get this one. I was going
> to give him 40
> bucks for it just for parts. Anyway,I was let down
> to say the least and
> thought I might share a story on being DeFanged for
> once.
>
> later,
> mike m.
>
>
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