The point in a products lifetime where it acquires its first
dings/scratches
etc always makes me feels annoyed with myself that I let it happen
(however
inevitable) but at the same time is fairly liberating.
Kinda like the first dent/chip on a new car's finish. I've always felt the
new vehicle should come with a chip/dent from the factory. Years ago that
usually was the case, nowadays ,in my experience, it isn't.
Kenneth Waller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: The Sacrifices
On 11 Feb 2006 at 15:04, Bob W wrote:
I don't like new, pristine camera equipment. I can only feel comfortable
with it when it's been through the wars a bit. When I got all my Contax
gear
new I felt very intimidated by it until it had been scuffed around on
railway floors, dropped from apple trees, scraped in the bilges of
fishing
boats, and generally lived a bit.
The point in a products lifetime where it acquires its first
dings/scratches
etc always makes me feels annoyed with myself that I let it happen
(however
inevitable) but at the same time is fairly liberating. That point is also
the
threshold where one more ding won't really make too much of a difference.
This
is why I really don't mind buying used because someone else has had to
deal
with break-in traumas and I effectively get a discount for their guilt :-)
Rob Studdert
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