Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]These sort of snafus are common when there are PE investors in a company, because they are bean counters who only want to maximize profit in the short run. Because they tend to be substantial shareholders, you cannot disregard them either, with the consequence that the management starts cutting corners to achieve agreed financial targets, which leads to product defects. I have seen it happen dozens of times, and this is no surprise at all. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 21-May-2013, at 11:40 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yes, especially because the criticism comes from a man who has been > committed to Leica for many, many years. I have bought stuff from him over > the years, Leica and otherwise, depending on the Pound/Euro exchange rate > of course. > > He also mentioned that all sorts of wild rumors about what's wrong are > circulating, which is of course what happens when a company is not > communicating--people make up their own stories. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On May 21, 2013, at 6:16 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > >> >> On May 21, 2013, at 5:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >>> And to top it off, Leica is being extremely arrogant towards its >>> dealers, basically telling them to just be happy they are Leica dealers >>> and to shut up. >>> >>> Conclusion: brilliant products, lousy customer relations and even worse >>> communications skills. >>> >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/390823669_759797.jpg.html> >> >> sad story Nathan. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information