Re: Realist inflation?

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>While visiting family in Calif this week, I had a day to kill by myself
>yesterday...so ended up wandering the streets of S.F....

>The $495 price tag left me quite curios as
>to what sort of "special" Realist it must be, so I went in to inquire.
>"I believe that's a Realist 3.5" came the response...and in fact it was.
>My relatively untrained eye did not discern any reason why the camera
>should have been priced so high, and the salesman apparently considered
>the price quite normal for a basic Realist.

Yeah... I think I remember discussing this some time ago in the list...
You must have been shopping at the same store...

We decided that this must have been Harold Lloyd's personal Realist...

OR

These prices were targeting Japanese tourists in the USA...

Makes you appreciate what bargain you got from Dr. T's $125 Realist,
doesn't it??? 

-- George Themelis ;)


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