Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It does not say "Made in the EU" on your battery. The EU above the garbage can symbol just indicates that in the EU such batteries may not be thrown away with household waste. The battery is a Chinese aftermarket battery. If someone sold it to you claiming that it was an original Leica battery, you have been cheated. Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu Sent using my brain. Den 19/05/2012 kl. 14.21 skrev "Frank Filippone" <red735i at earthlink.net>: > Really stupid ( and rhetorical) question....... > > Why would Leica offer for sale, a Chinese battery, with Cyrillic script on > it, with a US Phone number, marked Made in EU? To boot, without a > Manufacturer's Logo somewhere..... > There are a lot of inconsistencies in this product marketing placement.... > and if I were Leica's Mr. M9 ( Stefan Daniel, I think?), I would get it > straightened out.... > > Even Global Marketing has its limits...... > Or > Marketing aimed at Russian Oligarchs? > Or > To busy offering $7K lenses and $8K bodies to bother? > Or > Americans are too stupid to figure it out / care. > > Frank Filippone, Retired Marketing Guy > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > It is Russian. It says "Lithium-Ion battery" and "Made in the People's > Republic of China". > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >