It is not uncommon for Leica equipment to be bought and sold in Japan
without the shrink-wrap ever being violated. It is (relatively) common to
have the boxes x-rayed, to make sure that the item being purchased is really
in the box.
Bill Stanke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-3 going for big bucks
>Actually, that $560 price isn't way out of line for a new, unused,
>in-the-box camera. People will pay a good bit more for NIB,
>especially for the OM-3, which has reached a pseudo-collectible
>status. (That means people buy them and put the box on the shelf to
>look at. Geeez!)
>
>Skip
>
Some things are worth even more with the shrink wrap intact. I
always wonder whether what they paid for is inside.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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