Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Repair Service in US
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 15:46:27 -0400

The film rewind broke (with film still in camera) on my M2 3 weeks ago 
Sherry fixed it the same day she got it (and saved the film). Total turn
around time 4 days with UPS 2 days each way.
Steve
Annapolis

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>From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Repair Service in US
>Date: Fri, May 5, 2000, 2:15 PM
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> I sent a M3 to Leica back in February before I knew there were other excellent
> repair facilities out there. I still do not have the camera back. My e mail
> messages are not answered. Can never get anybody on the phone etc.
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> Naveen.Goud@LibertyMutual.com wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> My one year old Leica M6 needed vertical alignment (I did not mis-use the
>> camera, can't understand how it got mis-aligned) so I sent in to the New
>> Jersey repair facility about two weeks ago. So far I have not received any
>> information from them about my camera. I tried to reach them and it is
>> really difficult to speak to a person other than their voice mail. Finally I
>> got hold of someone and he says he has no record of my camera being received
>> by them (he searched by last name, first name as I did not have my serial
>> number with me right now)
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>> I thought may be I can get the serial number by calling the registration
>> dept, but the lady who deals with it is on vacation, and there is no one to
>> help me.
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>> I CAN'T believe their service, the guy in the repair section, should have
>> access to the registration database. Seems like the Leica service dept,
>> functions like some third world country.
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>> So the question to you LUGgers is, where do you turn to if we need any
>> repairs to the Leica equipment? Is this the ONLY place? if its I will have
>> to pray to GOD that I get no more repairs as I don't want to deal with them.
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>> I MUST say that I am starting to like my M6 so much, that I did not use my
>> N**** stuff in a long time. Can we expect a new R camera at photokina later
>> this year, as the R8 is almost 4 years old. I am putting off my purchase of
>> R8 solely for this reason. May be you guys can shed some light on this.
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>> BTW, I did ship my M6 by UPS with proper insurance. I just hope some one did
>> not steal my M6. The UPS website says that the camera was delivered on 04/24
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>> Regards
>> - Naveen
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