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Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus Europe OM apres stock
From: David Carter <spotz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:41:47 +1300
Which begs the question, if it was worth "as much as USD500000" why junk 
it?
Maybe USD500000 was the book value of parts for cameras not worth 
repairing :-(

David
who'd have loved to have been able to go on a treasure hunt ...


Piers Hemy wrote:

>Talking about the 8mm rear element reminded me that, as I understand it,
>Olympus in Hamburg have just trashed their remaining OM spares stock - maybe
>as much as USD500000 inventory carrying cost.  A similar story to the
>US/Canadian warehosue-full which appeared on the auction site a couple of
>years back, with no buyer - a vast stock of stuff of no conceivable use,
>which might have concealed treasures (but probably didn't).
>
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>Piers 
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