Wasnt a spare one laying around in the box at all was ther Brian! "SMILE"
You have been doing well with your purchases lately!
Cheers Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: [OM] ( OM ) Getting close to FANG territory ??
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm supposed to be husbanding my money with greater care this year than
> for the past two or three, but sometimes I get tempted. You know how it
is.
> Zuikoholism has nothing to do with it; it's just plain greed and envy.
> And "just in case".
>
> A day or so ago I checked the website of my favourite retailer and was
> amazed to see in the 2nd hand OM lens page an entry for Olympus 1.4 xA
> teleconverter; $140. Haven't ever seen one of those before. They'd not
had
> one in the last 4 years at least - probably much longer..
>
> I was going to leave calling in there until tomorrow when some prints were
> due to be collected; but this morning I had to take my son nearby to catch
a
> lift down to his University, so I thought I'd call in on my way back home
today.
>
> Asked for the OM cabinet to be opened, and ferreted through for it. I just
> couldn't see it among all the other converters and lenses, so I turned
away a
> trifle disappointed. The owner happened to be alongside with another
client
> and asked me what I was looking for and I told him. .He reached in and
> pulled it out from somewhere at the front - I hadn't recognised it with
both
> caps on. Then he said, when we both had a laugh; "Oh well, I 'll have to
> charge you full price having seen the look of relief on your face"; and I
just
> laughed some more. Then he said; "lets have a look at it again" so I
handed
> it over, and he said - "Tell Dave behind the counter to call it $110".
>
> So; there it was, for $110 in my hands. That's $110 NZ . If you're in the
> USA, you'd call the starting price $95 and the knock-down price $74.50.
>
> Somewhat different from Skip's records, I'd say.
>
> I thought I'd not rub it in by saying what they normally go for.on oBoy.
>
> Glass looked pretty grubby and I though it had had contact with metal; but
it
> cleans up just fine. It will be just fine and dandy with the 300.
>
> My 2 cents =|;-)>
>
> What ever else happens today, this part has been pretty good.
>
> Brian
>
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