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Re: [OM] Oly parts

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly parts
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:49:12 -0500


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From: Thomas Heide Clausen <T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 23:15:41 +0100

>On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:32:59 -0500
>"Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I'm actually quite serious.  Perhaps they could keep track of our
>>contributions and give back a small percent against future 
>>repairs.
>
>Well, *that* would probably be an administrative hell of 
>dimensions to manage. If I was to chip in it should solely be for 
>the fact that it would actually *increase* the possibility of 
>getting gear maintained in the future. I trust that Clint and 
>John spend their efforts better on repairing cameras than on 
>doing bookkeping....

My thoughts exactly.  It's worth $100 or so to me just to know the 
stuff's in good hands and that some part that's needed to fix 
something I broke may actually be available a year or two hence.  
Kind of like insurance: I don't expect a rebate if something 
happens and I need it.

>>has to be a way to make this work.  There are roughly 600 
>>members here. If we each put in $30, that would be an $18000 bid.
>
>Well, I'd say we are about 500 members or so - there are dublettes
>among the subscriptions and such :)

Yeah, I'm one of the double-dippers, for reasons not worth 
explaining.  Does that mean I have to chip in twice if we do this?

Walt
 


 
                   

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