RE: [Leica] "B Grade" Leica gear????

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

For a number of years I used nothing but Olympus OM gear, all of which I
purchased through a friend at Olympus, and all of which was factory
refurbished gear - either samples or returns that had been completely gone
over by the factory and came with full warranty and packing materials. I
saved a good bit of money and my images never suffered from the fact that
the gear wasn't "new."

B. D.

Who wishes he had a similar friend at Solms or in NJ--- :-)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Simon
> Stevens
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 4:07 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] "B Grade" Leica gear????
>
>
> Simon Lamb wrote:
>
> > Matt
> >
> > I asked the same questions when I went the Leica HQ in the UK.  They
> stated
> > that in the UK a 'demo' means any equipment that has been used by a
> sales
> > rep either on the road to show to potential dealers, or on a stand at
> a
> > show.
>
> When I was a dealer in the UK, I occasionally borrowed demo cameras from
> the reps in order to produce sample pictures. So it is possible that
> "demo" cameras have been quite extensively used. But that's not
> necessarily harmful, and it certainly doesn't imply misuse. What you are
> basically buying is a fully-checked-out used camera with a new
> equipment's warrantee. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me.
>
> Simon Stevens
>
>