[Leica] M8 Kaput Sad update

[john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell)]

Omigosh...almost speechless here.  This is the second horror story involving 
a large loss and shipping in a couple of weeks.  The other, very different 
(fraudulent seller) was the buyer of a 3E who reported on pnet that he 
recieved instead a box of DVDs.  
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00MPoO

Best wishes for a happy outcome yet
John Newell

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Howard Cummer <cummer@netvigator.com> 

> Hello Luggers, 
> I feel like Joe Btfsplk - the character in the L'il Abner comic strip 
> who was followed around by a rain cloud!! My M8 has been lost by DHL 
> somewhere between Wilmington Ohio and Dillenburg Germany. Talking 
> with the polite operators who read what the computer says about the 
> whereabouts of my camera proves beyond doubt that garbage in equals 
> garbage out. Of course, Purolator Canada limits insurance to a 
> maximum of C$1,000 so if the camera is gone (and the last trace is 
> from August 30th) I am out about C$3,600. I have initiated a search 
> by both Canada Post and DHL which promises to report tomorrow. Of 
> course, the camera - serial number 3104564 - is worthless unless 
> repaired and there is only one place where it can be repaired and 
> that is Solms. If someone with sticky fingers is silly enough to send 
> it for repair I may still get it back. The prospect of having to buy 
> another one is not very exciting. 
> Yours sadly, 
> Howard (not back in Vancouver) 
> 
> 
> 
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