Hi, Not sure if it has already been posted to the PDML (sorry if it has), but I really like it:)) Taken from the pl.rec.foto.
****************************** TERMS Antique.................older than the dealer Old.......................as old as the dealer Early.....................younger than the dealer Classic..................as old as the dealer's oldest kid Collectible..............for sale Modern..................used by the dealer's kid, too complicated to explain User......................not completely broken Sophisticated.........too complicated to use, too hard to hold Ergonomic.............too complicated to use, but easy to hold Interesting..............ugly Unusual.................ugly Uncommon............one of the few the dealer has left Acquire..................to pay way too much, see also "temporary insanity" Naylem..................to acquire at auction by simply leaving one's hand up the entire time Floggoff..................to sell something awful with shame or remorse Scarf......................to snatch up a great piece for almost nothing, then disappear Find.......................to pay less than you expected Buy.......................to pay more than you expected Steal......................see "scarf," unless you actually did steal it Temporary insanity....a purchase wich results in instant regrets, see also "acquire" Stanhopeless...........to search for, to no avail CONDITION CODES: New, in the box ................almost new, with a box New..................................almost new without a box As new.............................used, but sold "as new" Like new...........................used, but not engraved Mint..................................not heavily used or engraved Ex+++..............................not heavily used, may be engraved Ex+..................................heavily used and engraved Ex....................................still recognizable as a camera Ex-...................................no longer recognizable as a camera Very good.........................may not be a camera C10...................................anything Ex or above C9 or less..........................anything below Ex Repairable.........................broken Restorable.........................badly broken Restored............................cleaned by dealer Brassing............................worn out Ding...................................bashed repeatedly Cleaning marks....................any scratch, gouge, or chip in the lens Fungus..............................mushrooms growing between elements Hazy, foggy........................lens cleaned with steel wool and abrasives Inop...................................badly broken Sluggish............................something moves, but not in a useful manner CATCH PHRASES Daguerrean equipment.............any wooden camera, pre-1900 dry-plate camera.....................any other wooden camera wet-plate camera.....................any other wooden camera found in the Pacific Northwest Museum piece........................owned by the dealer's parents Early Polaroid..........................film no longer available Collectible Polaroid................... a lie Leica copy...............................not a wooden camera ***************************** Regards Artur ***************r-e-k-l-a-m-a************** Masz dosc placenia prowizji bankowi ? mBank - zaloz konto http://epieniadze.onet.pl/mbank
