Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:12 AM 10/31/2006, Don Dory wrote: >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 The US automakers tried that trick in the 1950's and were slammed hard by Congress. The FTC takes a VERY dim view if the costs of repairs or parts escalates unreasonably during this ten-year period. (By way of example, I drive a 1984 Audi 4000S, and only in the past year have I started to have problems in getting parts from VW/Audi, and these are on minor parts such as locks -- I got the last driver-door lock in the US in 2004, and they could not mate this with a passenger-door, trunk, or ignition lock, as the last full kit had been sold three weeks before.) Zeiss Ikon Voigtlander went out of business in 1973 but they were gently reminded by the Federal government of this requirement, so ZIV hired an outside contractor, Wolfram Umbach, to provide these services until 1983, when he moved to North Carolina, though he continues to service ZIV cameras as he ended up with all of the US supply of parts. Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!