Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John-- Well then, there you go! Enjoy! :) K. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Collier Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:00 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Warranty Issues Kit, When I buy new or fresh used gear, I only buy authorized because I want my gear to come with a worldwide warrantee. The new gear also comes with a Passport protection plan (even in Canada and the UK, elsewhere?). I think passport is a good deal when there is a Leica Days on and there is a rebate in effect. That brings the total cost to within a couple hundred or so of grey equipment. When the price difference is significant then it becomes a little more difficult to justify. For instances the MAP price on the 28/2 is $2195US while the grey market price $1695US. The MAP is 30% more than the grey price! This is why I find Passport warranty so annoying. I already have a rider on my insurance policy that has more extensive coverage than Passport offers. Yet I have to pay a 30% premium to get a worldwide warrantee! I would rather they did not offer passport or offered it at as another optional extended plan. That way a product with world wide warrantee would be more reasonably priced. So what do I do? I tend to buy new cameras when a model is first released as the likelihood of significant problems is quite high. With lenses I buy fresh authorized used (still under international warrantee) or demo as problems are generally immediately apparent and the likelihood of unforeseen problems is very low. With old lenses and bodies, I just send it out for a CLA because I want it to be reliable. John Collier On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 08:44 AM, Kit McChesney | Acmefoto wrote: > I know you'll throw something nasty and rotten at me for this one, but > for > those who insist that the USA Passport Plan is just a way for Leica to > get > more money out of you, I say ... well, I won't say it here. Compare the > price of any comparable piece sold in Europe and tell me that the USA > models > are more expensive, especially these days of weak dollars. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html