[Leica] Not Buying M8 nor Hummer nor Taunting Frank

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Very few arrive dead these days, most of those were in the first 3 or 4 
months.

Gene

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr@gmail.com>
>
> On 3/11/08, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > However that combined with the rather alarming number of units which
> > arrive dead or defective, has me hesitant to make the switch.
> 
> 
> Do we know what percentage that is?  Do we even know how many  M8's are out
> there?
> 
> My guess is thta we hear the horror stories because we stand on the right
> street corner to hear the news.   I dunno, and would be interested in how
> many Oly, Nikon, Pentax and Canon get sent back.
> 
> I only bought one other new Leica, an M6, and it had a dead counter out of
> the box.
> 
> Biggest problem in this regard is that most cameras these days are not sold
> from stock, but drop shipped from the distributor.  The dealer has to 
> depend
> on statistics for quality control..
> 
> That has been the case for some time.  It works to some extent, but when 
> the
> dealer doesn't get to check it out like the old days, the opportunity for a
> crash is much higher.
> 
> (You can tell I'm feeling better these days, huh?   I'm walking really 
> good,
> with my new knees.  )
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> USA
> 
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