[Leica] Korea

[wrs111445 at yahoo.com (Bill Smith)]

You were very lucky--customer service is not part of the culture--especially 
on returns.

Curtis Fant <surrealistic@cox.net> wrote:I beg to differ. I was in Seoul for 
over a year and all of the camera shops I dealt with were up front. They 
would make good things that broke too, for example a toyo view camera that I 
cracked one of the standards on. Every shop I dealt with in Korea was very 
honest and they wanted the buyer to be happy, even if they had to work that 
a little on the other end to make it happen.

Curtis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Bill Smith 
To: Leica Users Group 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Buy a beat-up M-2 for $300.00? Answer to B.D.


B.D. ---Your suggestion is very good except Korea is the land of "No Money 
Back" (NMB). Among the 1,000 other things that sets this country apart from 
the rest of the modern world is NMB. Apparently the shopkeeper would "lose 
his face" (be disgraced) if he had to make a refund. So that's the big 
problem w/ this beat-up M-2.

"B. D. Colen" wrote:Virtually everything could be shot. But that's unlikely. 
And maximum damage
could be more than the value of an M2 in today's market. But, again, it's
unlikely that's the case. I'd ask him for a $ back guarantee that nothing is
wrong other than what's included in a CLA and recovering.


On 7/14/05 11:48 AM, "Bill Smith" wrote:

> Well--I can understand those numbers, but what else (hidden defects/
> malfunctions) could be wrong and what would be the max. damage (cost)?
> 
> Didier Ludwig wrote:Bill
> 
> Buy it and let it CLA! You get a nice leatherette at
> http://www.cameraleather.com/ for around $40. This will make 420$ for a
> CLA'd M2 with a fancy leatherette - a good price. Otherwise buy it for me! 
> ;-)
> 
> Didier
> 
> 
>> The other day, I saw an M-2 for sale that has little-to-no covering left
>> and has "rangefinder" (adjustment?) problems according to the owner. Would
>> it be cost-effective to get a CLA, new covering, etc. for that price? A
>> CLA here in Korea is about $80.00 by a very competant tech.
>> Bill
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