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Subject: [Leica] Cameraleather.com
From: masonster at gmail.com (David Mason)
Date: Tue Mar 15 19:14:37 2005
References: <4dccee3d0503151834492ba31c@mail.gmail.com> <009a01c529d5$7ba68290$6401a8c0@hal>

I don't know - I have delt with many 'one man shops' before and none
of them had lied to me before. It seems to me that most who question
it so far already have experience with him and 'expect' the slowness.
When my money is involved I certainly don't expect anyone to sit on it
- if I wanted to sit on money I would have tried to get some sort of
interest out of it. That's just ol-selfish me I guess.


Dave


On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:08:52 -0500, Chandos Michael Brown
<chandos@cox.net> wrote:
> I wouldn't be so quick to slander him (or is it libel; I forget), but my
> experience with Morgan is consistent with that of many--it takes a
> loooong time to get stuff from him, and he's not, so to speak, a good
> communicator.  On the other hand, if you need a precision die-cut body
> covering (from an astonishing selection of materials) for an otherwise
> obsolete camera, then you need it reeaal bad.  I just figure that the
> long wait is part of doing business with Camera-leather.  Are you
> willing to DIY the cover of an M3?  Where're you going to get it now?
> I've got his black lizard on my M3, and it was worth the wait.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Chandos
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+cmbrow=wm.edu@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of David
> Mason
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:35 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Cameraleather.com
> 
> Really? Four months one lie and still no product? I thought I was
> somewhat conservative in waiting to complain.
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:35:18 -0800 (PST), Bill Smith
> <wrs111445@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > You guys may be a little too critical--sounds like a typical, one-man
> operation. He's always been prompt w/ me.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> >
> > Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > Hmmm. I've paid for two Levant leathers for an M4 and M3 recently.
> >
> > There was one hiccup, when I asked to delay on delivery because the M3
> > was in the mail and I wanted to check on dimensions before asking them
> > to ship.
> >
> > When my M3 arrived, I told them to ship, and two weeks later, he
> > apologized and said that he had forgotten that I told him to ship.
> >
> > I told them to ship Feb 18. It's almost a month now, and no leather in
> > my mailbox yet.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Vick Ko
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> > David Mason
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:09 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: [Leica] Cameraleather.com
> >
> > Though we are sometimes quick to complain about companies and their
> > services on the list I feel completely justified to warn people away
> > from cameraleather.com:
> >
> > I have a small collection of cheapo rangefinders - canonets and the
> > like. I ran across cameraleather back around the end of the year and
> > thought it was just what I needed for my cool little Yashica Electro
> 35
> > which had some bad gashes in the pleather.
> >
> > I ordered a nice looking red leather kit for it and heard nothing for
> a
> > month. I wrote an email to the owner, M. Sparks, to see where it was
> and
> > was told that he had just finished the kit and I would have it in a
> > week. Another couple weeks passed with no kit in sight and I wrote
> back
> > and this time he backtrackes and told me that he had run out of that
> > color and forgot to tell me, it would be in within the next week.
> >
> > By February - nothing, by March - nothing. I have asked him for my
> money
> > back but I feel entirely within my rights to pass on this story to
> warn
> > others of this so-called service.
> >
> > Sorry for the negative vibes man, but please think twice before
> dealing
> > with this guy.
> >
> > Dave
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In reply to: Message from masonster at gmail.com (David Mason) ([Leica] Cameraleather.com)
Message from chandos at cox.net (Chandos Michael Brown) ([Leica] Cameraleather.com)