P3D Re: To buy or not to buy?

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Wise words indeed.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxx>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PHOTO-3D" <photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 10:38 AM
Subject: P3D Re: To buy or not to buy?


> >If you choke on the price of something don't buy it.  I didn't buy a VCR
> >at 2K, 1K, or $500 bucks.  I waited.  I let those with the money spend
> >it, and I saw prices go down with volume.  Those who have worked on this
> >for years at a loss are trying to cover their costs.
> >John Toeppen
>
> For years I have been telling people to do the exact opposite of what you
> are saying John!  Buy it now that you are young and have the enthusiasm.
> "Tomorrow"  you will have the money but not the enthusiasm.  Buy it and
> enjoy it NOW and you will not regret it.
>
> I choked on the price of a MACRO lens which was more expensive than my new
> Minolta X-700 body in 1987.  But I bought it instead of the standard 50mm
> lens.  It was the best thing I have ever done!  I used this lens in
> hundreds of projects, from copying slides, to photographing my research,
to
> taking stereo pairs of small objects.  I still use it and it is my
favorite
> lens!
>
> I thought I was spending a lot of money for a good Realist red button
> viewer which cost more money than my Realist camera in 1988.  I still have
> this viewer and enjoy it every day.
>
> Of course, I choked on the price of the RBT S1 but I bought it last
> November.  It is the best piece of stereo equipment I have ever used and I
> so glad I bought it!
>
> "Tomorrow" my children will be adults and I will be an old man.  These
> years will never come back again.  Most probably I will have more money...
> but my desire and my subject will not be there.
>
> And, guess what?  The price of an RBT S1 most probably will not go down.
>
> And if I had followed your advice, I would not be typing this note in my
> computer because I'd had no computer.  Prices will go down tomorrow, but I
> want to be here with you TODAY!
>
> Have a nice day and a great Thanksgiving!!!
>
> George Themelis