wow albano, i too am happy you got your camera back. i really wish you could have your 100 mm lens too.
anand >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Miracles happens (was shit happens) >Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:39:15 -0300 > >Well, dear gang, I'm flying (I'm dreading somebody 'll wake me up). >Everybody knows that last October 14th, I was stolen, and I lost my second >LX, with 50mm 1.7 and 100mm Macro. >I received a great amount of support from this great list (I' ll contact >two members privately in this regard). >Here in Buenos Aires, there is a downtown street called Libertad (freedom, >ironically), that's full of "used" equipment stores, including stereo, >video and photo equipment. Everybody knows it's all stolen stuff, but it >exists (corruption) and will exist forever. >So, since I was stolen, I keep a copy of the police report in my wallet >just in case. And since I go downtown almost everyday for work, I try to >pass by Libertad always I can. >Well, last week I saw a 100mm Macro in one of this stores cabinet, and a >cold wave runned thru my body. I knew it was MY 100mm f4. The LX wasnt >there, just a Spotmatic and some other lenses. I asked if they had more >Pentax gear, and they said not by now. I said fuck! This guy has my camera, >I know, but I can't do nothing (I don't have the serial no. of this lens). >Yesterday, I went again, and in the same store it was, voila, my dear LX, >without the strap, but with my custom shaped and painted Grip A and all the >use marks. Adrenaline runned thru my body. I didn't entered the store and >went right to find a policeman. I find him round the corner and explained >the situation, showing him the copy of the police report. He followed me to >the store, and asked for the camera. Thanks to god, the serial number was >still there, not sanded or scratched (a common resource of this kind of >guys). >But imagine my feelings when the policeman says "This is not your camera". >I say "What? This IS my camera, I have all the papers." He says "but the >last number is a 5 and your report says it is a 6. Legally this is not your >camera". I felt I was going to die, but I was decided to fight to the end. >I said it was my camera and that the difference was obviously a typo (I >took the serial number from the webpage David Chernicoff made when he >selled it to me, and he had written it with a 6) and it was a miraculously >coincidence the lens number was the same (the guy of the store was stupid >enough as to leave the original lens on camera, despite having another 50 >1.7 and 50 2 in the cabinet). This IS my camera, and you know it. I want to >do all necessary to recover it. The police man said ok I will call >reinforcement and start the procedure. I said ok. >While we were waiting, this policeman told me "They aren't going to give >you it. The serial number is not the same". I said "THey will, believe me". >I was hypernervous.The police car took 45 minutes to arrive. The second >policeman (far more friendly) entered the store and asked for the camera. >The store guy told him "The serial no. is not the same", and this second >policeman, thanks to all gods, was more aged, with worst eyesight, and >told, "yes it is, this is a 6". I told him, no it's a 5 but it's obvious >now that's very easy to misread, and the lens has the same number. He said >I was right, and asked me to leave the store for a moment to make some kind >of "arrangement" with the guy. 5 minutes later, he calls me and tells me >the guy has something to say. This m..fu..er tells me "Give me the 150 >bucks I paid for it and it's yours" I said What? Are you kidding? I already >payed for it. It costed me a month of salary, I had to buy it from usa, a >guy showed me a gun, and now you ask me to pay for something that's already >mine? Come on! (I was starting to really upset. The policemen took a really >passive, contemplative attitude). He told me "Ok, let's share the cost, >fifty and fifty", I couldn't believe it. I insisted I will not pay a cent, >I will take him to court. The situation continued this way for about >another 45 minutes, and finally he accepted he was lost and gave me the >camera. I finally told him: "And please don't tell me I have to pay you, >you still have my 100 macro. In fact it was thanks to it I discovered you. >Don't worry I don't have the serial no., so I can't recover it, but please >don't fuck with me. Bye". He put his best surprise face, neglecting it. I >say "yes, yes, bye". >So, after two hours of fighting, I leaved the store with my camera. The >police asked some more data, a handshake and I went back to work with the >biggest smile and happiness you can imagine. Back in the office, I received >the congrats of all my coworkers, who knew of my situation and were really >happy, but not as happy as me. >Just wanted to share. It seems this world is not so bad after all. > >Albano >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
