Yes, In Japan there are many stories of people buying items such as the modern
Nikon S3 and various Leica esoterica and placing them in their vaults. When
it's time to sell, they are x-rayed to verify the contents and sold still
wrapped in their virgin plastic to the next collector.
Don't you thing that most manufacturers intended their cameras to be used, not
admired from afar. Mind you, I'm not talking about gold-plated cameras.
As far as buying anything new on Ebay like an E-1 DSLR, that would be the LAST
place that I'd ever go. Why would you do that? I can't believe that anyone
would be so hard up for a CAMERA that they'd risk dealing with some of those
new-equipment slimeballs. Wait for your local guy or B&H to get it in so that
you can actually feel it.
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>Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) E1 on the Bay
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 16:13:59 -0400
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Pretty funny...A photo dealer in the Boston area had one of the Nikon S3
>repros, and when I asked to see it, he brought out a pyramid of sealed
>boxes - Camera, case, etc., all shrink-wrapped together. He said that he
>couldn't open it, and was absolutely convinced it would eventually be
>bought by someone who would place the shrink-wrapped mound in a safe,
>never to be opened. Collectors....;-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Swale
>Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:02 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] ( OM ) E1 on the Bay
>
>
>Hi folks
>
>Just for fun I e-mailed the seller, and here's the exchange of letters.
>Brian
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:53 PM
>> To: rylei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Question for seller -- Item #2956181002
>>
>> Hello cai-cameras
>>
>> You want $1,800 for a cardboard box?
>>
>> Where's the camera?
>>
>> Brian
>> --------------------
>From: "CAI Cameras" <wwchang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2956181002
>Date sent: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:47:40 -0700
>
>Ha ha ha... Sorry. The camera is inside, still unopened, so we couldn't
>picture it. But as a direct Olympus dealer, we got one of the first few
>cameras available for sale. Please trust me that it is indeed inside the
>box. :)
>
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