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Re: eBay Photo Equipment Sellers Was: [OM] 21mm f2 close focus stop

Subject: Re: eBay Photo Equipment Sellers Was: [OM] 21mm f2 close focus stop
From: "Parzival Herzog" <parz@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 19:58:48 -0500
----- Original Message -----

From: "Bruce Kolber" <bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I too have had some recent disappointments .....  If I read one more
> description that says something like "MINT++ condition except for bullet
> hole through front element" I think I'll scream.  Maybe we should start a
> contest for "most ridiculous description in an Oly eb*y auction".

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Bruce, this is not on Ebay, but I want to hear you scream:

(Pacific Rim Camera)

54156 50/1.8 OLYMPUS ZUIKO, WITH CAPS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND NICE BOX WITH FOAM, 
SMALL DEAD INSECT AND SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE LINT
(BUT MIGHT BE FUNGUS) INSIDE THE LENS, ELSE EX+ $30.00



----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
> bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Maybe we should start a
> >  contest for "most ridiculous description in an Oly eb*y auction"
>
> Or how about worst grammar, spelling, etc.?  Start with seller "Negresco".
> His plagiarized, cobbled together descriptions make my teeth hurt.  I haven't
> been able to bid on anything of his.  Gut feeling.
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Why limit it to Ebay? How about "You know a Zuikoholic has hit the bottom when
(s)he has to buy this". The above item is my example.

- Parzival



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