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 p.8 #18 · Elinchrom Quadra - got it yet? | |
Carmen Miranda wrote:
[Told the wife I had to use up a couple $20 Amazon gift certificates before they expired. 
Yeah, $40 sounds about right!
My favorite was when I bought a Mamiya 7II system in 1998. I ordered it just a couple of days before Xmas as a "gift" to myself. I bought 2 bodies plus 3 lenses to start - a 50mm, 65mm, and an 80mm. Plus a few odds and ends, but that was most of it at that time.
My wife asked how much it was, and I hemmed and hawed a bit. She finally asked "Was it more than $500?" Yes. "More than $1,000?" I said yesand we left it at that.
A few years later we were travelling and we were late getting on a connecting flight from another flight on the same airline. I had a roller with the Mamiya systm 2 bodies, 5 lenses, spot meter, etc., plus about 60-100 rolls of 220 film with me.
The stewardess wanted me to "gate check" the bag - give it to her to put in the hold witrh the regular baggage - and she was pretty persistant. I refused, and finally asked if they would insure it as I had "more than $7,000 worth of equipment in the bag." Whoops! Big mistake - my wife picked up on that one right away. 
The only good thing was that a few years later when I sold the Mamiya 7II, I told her I used the funds to buy the Canon 1DsII. I never really had to tell her how much the 1DsII cost - $8,000. 
Best,
Michael
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) and they told me they sold like hot cakes...1 guy came in that already had bought 2 of them!
