Well, in this circumstance, if we won the bids from the 'donations', the
parts would be free to you and John. The challenge would be storage, I
suppose. Unless I am missing something, you are both saying you DON'T want
these parts.
Understandable. Sad about our OMs, but understandable.
Tom
> I've got to echo John here -- I bought all I could justify, too, and
> that wasn't all that much. We're just fortunate (as someone said) that
> they weren't just dumped, like Oly/US did.
>
> The problem with stocking repair parts is that you never know for sure
> what you'll need. I've got thousands of dollars tied up in parts that I
> doubt I'll ever use, and order $1000 more a month -- and it's still not
> enough!
>
> I'm sure that 99.90f what's here will never be needed. The sad thing,
> though, is that if you need a part, you _need_ it, even if it is just a
> once in a life-time thing. Like a spring that goes flying, or a lever
> that breaks, or a diaphragm blade that looses it's pin. If you can't
> find a "dead" body to salvage....
>
> Which reminds me -- anyone have a spare rear lens group for a 35 RD?
> ;^)
>
> Clint
>
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