Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V14 #44
From: "Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:10:05 -0800

Mike,

>>...I understand there is a very
 small hard core of users who grab a sledgehammer and whack the crap out
 of their M6s every 35 months or so, and get a new one under the
 "Passport."<<


Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Your replacement doesn't have a
full Passport of its own.

Bryan


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnston" <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 11:28 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V14 #44


> >>>
> The Passport warranty DOES NOT COVER theft or loss.
> These are your too greatest areas of exposure.  Would
> you buy auto insurance that didn't cover theft?  Of
> course not.  Also, the thing they don't tell you is
> that the passport warranty DOES NOT COVER cosmetic
> damage.  Oh yes, what do you do if you are out of the
> country and you have a problem?  Well, you are out of
> lock, because you have to return the camera to Leica
> USA....got-cha.
> <<<
>
>
> ...But Leica "gets got" in return, a bit...I understand there is a very
> small hard core of users who grab a sledgehammer and whack the crap out
> of their M6s every 35 months or so, and get a new one under the
> "Passport."
>
> It's not very efficient insurance otherwise. You still have to insure
> the darned things yourself.
>
> --Mike
>