Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Does Leica actually want to sell cameras?
From: jls at runbox.com (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Sat Nov 22 10:27:48 2008
References: <6E4A63F5-F047-4926-902F-2AB009A3C585@frozenlight.eu> <E154292F-3EB1-4E15-8AB0-6FBEC95E9E2A@telefonica.net> <49282D4C.2030900@gmx.de> <49283362.3090504@runbox.com> <DB91DAA1-2213-4BFC-8F75-2B341582D7DE@mac.com> <880044FA-FE29-478A-AB14-0C2FEA4D49F0@cox.net>

Like "taste aversion" after eating something that makes you puke, I had 
several weeks of sleepless nights after plunking down that much money to 
get something non-functional. My first thought upon getting the camera 
back was to not use it again because it might break again. Gun shy.

Steve Barbour wrote:
>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Leica's post-sales are what turned me off to photography for the 
>>> past year. When my M8 died after two weeks, nobody at Leica would 
>>> return my calls or respond to my emails. I finally had to contact 
>>> the president (in the USA) to get a response. Leica's customer 
>>> service can be summed up in three words: Go F**k Yourself.
>
> Good to hear from you again Jeffery...
>
> I'm sorry to hear about your misfortune, but turned off to photography 
> for the last year because your 28th camera body is giving you 
> problems...?
>
> If you have enough interest in "photography" to buy so much equipment, 
> I expect you could use one of the other bits and pieces,
>
> in fact it would be very hard to hold you down...
>
> No?
>
> What's going on?
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> Steve
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Replies: Reply from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Does Leica actually want to sell cameras?)
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