Hi Simon in Windy Wellington
You wrote
> Bill, I'm so happy for you! I too, thought I was the only one who'd scored
> an amazing deal. Let me tell you the story of my OM-1.
>
> Couldn't sleep a couple of Friday's ago, so I got up, logged on, and surfed
> over
> to www.trademe.co.nz, a local trading site, kind of like Ebay.
> The ad said the mirror was locked up on the camera and so the lot was sold
> as-is, with a buynow of $16.
> To convert that into US dollars, the NZ dollar is currently worth 44cents.
>
> About $23 dollars.
Simon, you did the currency conversion the wrong way.
The USA equivalent price is $6.67. This *has* the be the fang of the year !!
You not only got a round_tuit, but you are a_lert ;-)
And you didn't have to pay the horrendous overseas postage costs !!
Congratulations.
Brian in the Garden City, Christchurch
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