Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "sealed" in box
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 13:22:19 -0400
References: <68.51a9a7f.2693661a@aol.com>

Recent Leica stuff that I have bought has come shrink wrapped in a Leica
insignia ladden plastic wrap.  I'm not sure if this was applied in Germany
or by Kindermann.

Dan C.

At 09:28 AM 04-07-00 -0700, you wrote:
>>   <<My
>> friends even told me that Leica doesn't seal the cameras and lenses at
>> all.  I am not 100% sure about this but the lenses I purchsed in US,
>> Taiwan, and Japan, all of them don't come in a sealed bag.  >>
>>
>> Yes, you are correct, Leica doesn't "seal" anything in a box.
>>
>> Neither the box or the bag inside come sealed closed. Really that is a
>> misnomer for something that is "unused in box" I suppose.
>
>Ah, this is true for current products, but back in the old days, boxes
>were wrapped in paper which had a sticker to seal it.  It's entirely
>possible that the seal may be of the importer/distributor.
>
>Go to Katsumido in Ginza, Tokyo, and you can see a couple of them.
>
>
>
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