I\'m a bargain hunter many times ... especially since I shoot mostly outdoors with gear being subject to stuff it was never intended for. It makes little sense for me to ever buy mint glass (although Yakim is the benefactor of my pristine M645 35 N that was way TOO NICE for ME to keep), as I have \'damaged\' (i.e. character marks / no longer mint) my own gear way more than I care to admit or think about.
Actually, I do a really good job of taking care of my gear ... but STUFF happens, and I get TOTALLY SICK when it happens to my MINT gear ... while only MAJOR BUMMED when it happens to my \'character\' gear.
My 150 2.8 A was around $150 ... the front coating had some very minor issues, so it definitely wasn\'t \'mint\' ... but I think I\'ll keep it
I\'m a bargain hunter many times ... especially since I shoot mostly outdoors with gear being subject to stuff it was never intended for. It makes little sense for me to ever buy mint glass (although Yakim is the benefactor of my pristine M645 35 N that was way TOO NICE for ME to keep), as I have \'damaged\' (i.e. character marks / no longer mint) my own gear way more than I care to admit or think about. Actually, I do a really good job of taking care of my gear ... but STUFF happens.
My 150 2.8 A was around $150 ... the front coating had some very minor issues, so it definitely wasn\'t \'mint\' ... but I think I\'ll keep it
I\'m a bargain hunter many times ... especially since I shoot mostly outdoors with gear being subject to stuff it was never intended for. It makes little sense for me to ever buy mint glass (although Yakim is the benefactor of my pristine M645 35 N that was way TOO NICE for ME to keep), as I have \'damaged\' (i.e. character marks / no longer mint) my own gear way more than I care to admit or think about.
My 150 2.8 A was around $150 ... the front coating had some very minor issues, so it definitely wasn\'t \'mint\' ... but I think I\'ll keep it
I\'m a bargain hunter many times ... especially since I shoot mostly outdoors with gear being subject to stuff it was never intended for. It makes little sense for me to ever buy mint glass (although Yakim is the benefactor of my pristine M645 35 N that was way TOO NICE for ME to keep), as I have \'damaged\' (i.e. character marks / no longer mint) my own glass more than I care to think about.
My 150 2.8 A was around $150 ... the front coating had some very minor issues, so it definitely wasn\'t \'mint\' ... but I think I\'ll keep it
Apr 21, 2010 at 07:48 AM
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