Marc;
I didn't see the list on the ad. Did u email the seller for it?
I do tend to agree with you. Even the parts they chose to show, only 1
looks useful to me.
George
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Dapoz
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:08 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Oly parts
>
>
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
> > I had composed a post saying essentially the same thing, then I
> > saw yours just as I was all set to launch mine off into the
> > electricity. Count me in. This stuff needs to be where it'll do
> > some good for some good people, and they are us.
>
> I've been looking through the list of items that are contained in
> this lot,
> and from what I can see, a good percentage of the parts are
> replacements for
> things that just don't usually break. When was the last time a diaphragm
> blade needed replacing? How about a lens helicoid? Had your OM-4 front
> casting changed lately? All these parts came from Carsen, the
> Canadian Olympus
> distributor. As a distributor they needed to maintain a complete stock of
> replacement parts. I suspect these are the left over parts which
> they never
> used. Ideally these parts should go back to Olympus Japan so
> that when that
> obscure part is needed once in a blue moon, it will be available.
> As for the
> price, I suspect he's looking for around 100f net which would
> be in the $10K
> range. That can buy a lot of parts bodies and lenses :-)
> -mark
>
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