Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought my R8 as a demo, and it came with a Leica warranty card. So far after 4 years the R8 has worked perfectly. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> > > Quite true. I had similar experiences over the years. > However, in some recent (last 12 months) discussions with people at > PhotoVillage they seemed perfectly willing to discuss the history of > various cameras which they listed as demos, used, etc. So > communication would seem to be in order if considering equipment > which is not sealed in an unopened box. > > Fond regards, > George > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Mar 19, 2008, at 11:41 AM, Harrison McClary wrote: > > > I'd be VERY leary of buying any Leica DEMO labeled product. > > Several years ago I bought an R8 when it was new as a Demo...it had > > tons of problems and went back to leica 3 or 4 times at > > least...anyway finally they told me the camera was one someone had > > returned, been refurbed and then sold as a DEMO...I asked about > > this saying that I thought DEMO meant the camera had been used to > > demo the product...no I was told it can also mean one that was > > returned with problems and then fixed and resold. This was told > > to me by a person, some lady whose name I forget, in the Leica head > > offices in NJ...if you are really adventurous you can do a search > > in the archives for my post from those days sometime in the late 90's. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information