Curious that a shop with so much high-end gear is situated in the middle of
nowhere. A bigger shame yet they wish to do business with a large New York
concern, though I can understand the desire to move old inventory.
Tris
At 10:59 AM 7/19/01 +0000, you wrote:
Tom, Linden,TN is a spot in the road in middle TN about 2.5 hours from
Memphis.
The deal with this camera shop and Adorama is bigger than the OLY
stuff.They want to
make a deal with Adorama to buy all their old stock not just OLY stuff.
The new owner is an attorney who has bought this store to have something
for his wife to do. He's trying to cut a deal with Adorama to take a lot
of stuff and the OLY gear is just a small slice of the pie.
later,
mike m.
Tom Scales wrote:
>
> Oddly enough, I just got an email from someone in Linden TN offering me
a 4T
> for $450. I don't know him, and can't remember ever corresponding with
him,
> but the email implies that I have. Would this be the same thing?
>
> Also, what store is it? I might outbid Adorama.
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mike m." <mnmitch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 3:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Memphis area members
>
> > I am very familiar with the camera store in question. I almost had 3 of
> > their NOS
> > 4T's for $450 each. They are under new ownership and the new owner wants
> > to sell the old stock. The store manager contacted me the day I was
> > leaving to go on a 10 day trip up the Tennessee River. He offered them
> > to me for $450 each because I had tried to buy them from the old owner
> > and he wouldn't get right on the price.I had to buy all three or
> > nothing. Upon returning from my trip I noticed one on *bay and called
> > him up. Was told the owner decided to put one on *bay but I could have
> > the other 2 at $450 each,but after further consultation with the owner
> > the price went to $550 each. Ok,no problem. Went in the next day with
> > the cash and now the manager says that Adorama had called and offered to
> > buy the remaining stock,but the deal hinged around the two remaining 4T
> > bodies,so he couldn't sell them to me. I bought 2 new 55mm Oly lens caps
> > for a list member and left in a highly agitated
> > state. They reneged on their deal with me twice and it just didn't sit
> > to well with me. So Michael, I have seen your camera,and probably held
> > it in my hands, it's nice.
> >
> > "Michael S. Williamson" wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone in the Memphis area interested in a new "old stock" OM-4T
> (black)? I
> > > took an eBay auction last week and got the camera in yesterday. This
> was
> > > from a Memphis camera store. They were brand new to eBay and it showed
> (as
> > > in no picture and not very descriptive). They mentioned in
> correspondence
> > > that they were testing the waters and had a couple more 4Ts. Let me
> know if
> > > you want the camera store name. I bet they would be willing to do a
> direct
> > > deal and forego eBay. The box showed their store price to be $1157.86.
> My
> > > eBay cost was $660 plus $10 shipping and insurance. They threw in an
> > > OM-40/PC case (new) also.
> > >
> > > Mike
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