RE: Shipping a camera abroad (was LX hunting)

2001-12-13 Thread Malcolm Smith
John wrote: An lost/damaged shipment rate of 1 in 20 is extremely common amongst all the major carriers operating from the USA. Our shipping companies may be the last bastion of the old we don't give a s**t method of quality control. My reply: This is just not acceptable today. Why should we

Shipping a camera abroad (was LX hunting)

2001-12-12 Thread Malcolm Smith
Peter wrote: Mind you, if the seller were to mark the box faulty equipment returned for repair - no duty payable, then you might be correct. Malcolm's comments: A message on the box to allow the various postal services to treat it with contempt - hey! It was broken anyway. Seriously, is it

Re: LX hunting

2001-12-11 Thread Cotty
Malcolm - I have 3 LX and really need to sell one. The one I offer is my oldest and newest. It is the oldest in years since production. Newest in terms of time in my home. I bought it last spring as a fixer-upper. Pentax USA did a compete CLA, repaired a sticking shutter curtain, and replaced the

RE: LX hunting

2001-12-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
ending; after all it is coming up for Christmas. Malcolm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: 11 December 2001 14:12 To: Pentax List Subject: Re: LX hunting Malcolm - I have 3 LX and really need to sell one. The one I offer is my

LX hunting

2001-12-10 Thread Malcolm Smith
I should have known that it looked too simple! As I previously posted, I found some LX bodies for between £250 - 350, but they are all hundreds of miles away and no good for any warranty claims, so I thought I'd ring a few local shops. As I thought, no one has one locally, but interestingly

Re: LX hunting

2001-12-10 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, there are usually a few knocking around in London. I noticed one on Saturday at London Camera Exchange on the Strand, although I didn't check the condition. It was priced at £350- but they'd probably move on that. It had a Grip B and the strap lugs with it, which are worth £20-30. Pentax in

RE: LX hunting

2001-12-10 Thread Malcolm Smith
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Walkden Sent: 10 December 2001 21:03 To: Malcolm Smith Subject: Re: LX hunting Hi, there are usually a few knocking around in London. I noticed one on Saturday at London Camera Exchange on the Strand, although I didn't check

Re: LX hunting

2001-12-10 Thread Stan Halpin
email through late Friday . . . Stan From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:07:01 - To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LX hunting I should have known that it looked too simple! As I previously posted, I found some LX bodies for between