Bought a 85/2 case from UK, which was to be sent to Paris, France.
Never surfaced, now it's been 4 months. Nothing much to do, it
probably will never arrive. Yeah, shipping losses are a risk. But at
a local level it might work?
--thomas
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:33:38 -1000
"Daniel" <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sent a Zuiko 2X Teleconverter to England and was lost for 7 month
> when it miraculously came back home.
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Wayman
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> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] would an "equipment exchange" work on the OM
> list?
>
> An interesting idea, but I'm not particularly enthusiastic for a
> couple of reasons.
>
> Stuff sometimes gets lost in transit. I mailed a Zuiko 200/4,
> with a small fungus farm growing inside, to Mark Dapoz on April 30
> of this year. It never got there, and I don't think there's much
> question but that it's never going to get there. It's not a big
> loss, but it was complete with proper box in good condition, which
> I think Mark wanted more than the lens. What if it had been a
> precious?
>
> Secondly, like Tom, I've got some stuff I definitely wouldn't want
> to risk, especially in light of the aforementioned experience:
> 21/2, 50/2, 90/2, 100/2, 35-80/2.8, any of the macro bellows
> lenses, not even the 180/2.8. (I'm assuming the Tamrons aren't
> part of this plan, but if they are, the 80-200/2.8 and the 300/2.8
> are off limits too.) And I'm sure not shipping off a 4Ti.
>
> So this leaves just the common, garden-variety stuff that nearly
> everybody's got anyway. I wouldn't have a problem loaning out a
> 35/2, 50/1.8, 1.4 or 3.5, or a 135/2.8, etc., but who really cares?
>
> Walt
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:14:08 -0400
>
> >I'm game, although after the move. I'd put a half dozen or more
> >things into the pot. Heck, I almost always have two or three out
> >at any given time anyway.
> >
> >There would be a few things that might be 'off-limits', because I
> >wouldn't be willing to lose them (90/2), but mostly everything
> >else would be fair game.
> >
> >Tom
> >
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