Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/18

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Subject: Re: LTM Repairs!
From: Chris Fortunko <fortunko@boulder.nist.gov>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 17:30:58 -0700

I am shocked by this news. What about NAFTA? 

Chris


At 04:13 PM 12/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>Nope. This fee is imposed by the Canadian Government. As I recall it cost
>me a little more than $40 US each way.
>
>
>>You may want to contact Leica re: this. Since the Canada and US operations
>>are separate, there may be an agreement between them for this fee. For those
>>familiar w/ Minox, the US company states it will not service or sell
>>instructions manuals for and product not originally distributed by them in
>>the US. This statement was originally seen in an article in Popular
>>Photography and I received a letter stating this when I had them repair my
>>ML. I called them when I received it since it did not pertain to me and I
>>was offended/confounded. They stated that the reason was that since they did
>>not import/distribute these non US cameras, they received no profit but had
>>the overhead of the repairs and repair facility maintenance. Very POOR
>>marketing for a company which was already in financial difficulty. It is
>>possible Leica has this fee in deferrence to taking Minox's attitude towards
>>foreign sold cameras.
>>
>>
>>At 09:49 PM 12/17/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>>> Date:          Tue, 17 Dec 1996 07:10:36 -0500
>>>> To:            leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>>> From:          wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
>>>> Subject:       Re: LTM Repairs!
>>>> Reply-to:      leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>>
>>>> Yes. The CLAed my IIIg for me a couple of years back. Rather expensive and
>>>> the the "brokerage fee" seem silly to me. I guess I don't understand the
>>>> term "free trade"
>>>>
>>>I bought a used made in Midland camera from a person in canada last
>>>month.  I'm not sure what free trade means either, what did NAFTA
>>>stand for?
>>>
>>>
>>Brian Levy, J.D.
>>Agincourt Ont.
>>dlevy@worldy.com
>
>----
>Ken Wilcox                                Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
>LHSA, MEA, LAW                         preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu>
>                                              <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org> 
>
>
>
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C.M. Fortunko
Group Leader, Materials Evaluation (853)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
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