On 1 Sep 98, at 21:53, Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Yours is a true tale of woe, but there may be a happy ending. It's going to
> depend more on how you look at it though. Would a minty OM2 be worth
> $360AU, which is what you'd have in it after repair and, I assume, CLA.
> Quite possibly. If you got good use from such a camera for 10 years or
> perhaps much more, would it ease the pain of a risk that didn't quite pay
> off? Very probably.
>
> If you buy something you can eventually use and you use it for a long
> enough time, eventually it doesn't owe you anything anymore.
>
This is a very good way of looking at things, and I agree with the
sentiment. But what happens when keep something so long, *you*
start to owe *it*? ;-) I'm getting to that point with my car, and even
my OM-10... :-)
Shawn & Janis Wright
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