Well, I got the same email. Glanced at his website, and marked the email as junk. Just another get rich quick scammer.
-- graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" ----------------------------------- Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Just had an email from some guy running a camera website. > > He wanted to tell me that he had this wonderful vintage camera site and > that he had included a link to my camera descriptions. Just asking if I > had any comments on his description of the link and if I probably had > ideas for other cross promotions. Hold on, mate... Cross promotions??? > > When I went tot his site I almost hit the roof. Vintage camera > collecting as an investment! > > http://www.vintage-camera-online.com/ > > That's why I had to give up using my Contarex after prices of spares and > accessories had gone sky-high. > > Here's what I told him: > > | Please note that I am strictly against the kind of > | camera collecting that you're promoting on your > | website. Investment... Pah! > | > | I've spent half my life battling against a bunch of rich old buggers > | with too much money on their hands, watching how the prices of > | accessories and spares for my Contarex outfit went sky-high. > | > | I had to pay a fortune for a number of things simply because > | "collectors" drive up the prices of the most simple things to > | ridiculous levels. Not that they'd ever take a single picture with > | them. > | > | In the end, I had to give up, no longer able to afford things for the > | camera I had loved *using*. > | > | Collectors? [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | Now, be a nice guy and withdraw this link again. Thanks. > > Investment! These buggers are *investing* in Contarex tripod adaptors. > So that's why I had to pay 100 dollars for this simple piece of casting > with a 3/8" screw in it and why I've never been able to afford the 25 mm > Distagon. > > Makes one wonder if communism is really all wrong. > > Ralf > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
