Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The manufacturers have figured out a way to dodge the ten year rule by using price. Yes Mr./Ms Valued Customer, we can repair the CF block on your DSLR. The parts cost is $650 and labor will bring it to $725. LCD replacements on compact digicams are over $150. You all get the drift, there will be one part in the warehouse but it will be more expensive than a D white flawless 4 carat diamond. :) Don don.dory@gmail.com On 10/31/06, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote: > > At 12:16 AM 10/31/2006, Frank Filippone wrote: > >What? You are kidding...... This may appear to > >be mean, but I doubt the M8 will be repairable > >in 3 years from now. ( Some) Parts > >will not be available. Repair in the > >electronics age is called..... buy a new one. > > > >A M6 ( not the meter) will be repairable in 100 > >years, if in 100 years there are still lathes and mills to make > parts...... > > US law, albeit not evenly enforced, mandates that > a manufacturer supply parts for ten years. So, > your M8 should be good to go to 2016. > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >