Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/28

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Subject: [Leica] How long has the M8 been out? Beyond warranty period?
From: grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)
Date: Mon Jan 28 14:08:43 2008

Vic,

If I was not holding out for the R10 to show up in September, I would also 
buy a second M8 either as a Demo or brand new.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net>
>
> Vick,
> 
> The demo M8's from dealers and the used like new cameras from  
> Popflash come with a 1 year warranty. I think $4299 is a good price  
> for a mint M8 with 1 year warranty. I might consider buying another  
> one myself. Mine is black but I'm sure my chrome rigid Summicron  
> would look beautiful on a chrome M8.
> 
> Len
> (just stirring the pot))
> 
> 
> On Jan 27, 2008, at 7:30 PM, Vick Ko wrote:
> 
> > Thanks all
> >
> > My struggle with buy or not-to-buy the M8 is a matter of afraid of  
> > getting stuck with a camera that is unreliable and needs repair.
> > I've heard and seen a lot of good photos from an M8.  But it is a  
> > bag of money, and for that bag of money, I want reliability as well  
> > as performance.
> >
> > ....Vick
> >
> > Frank Filippone wrote:
> >> Almost none.   What about the rest of us that bought M6's that need
> >> repair......?  or M7's or other?
> >> The repair department is a profit center.  They NEED profits.
> >>
> >> What they need to do is to increase the warranty period of the  
> >> M8......
> >>
> >> Frank Filippone
> >> red735i@earthlink.net
> >
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