Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] Cameta Camera experience?
From: pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson)
Date: Tue Jan 29 12:31:51 2008
References: <200801290845.m0T8jHST042853@dragonsgate2.imagecraft.com> <20080129094849.CD4382FDD4@donald-1.hostspirit.ch> <200801291020.m0TAK7aj044483@dragonsgate2.imagecraft.com> <20080129101638.0CA6A2FBEF@donald-1.hostspirit.ch>

A tale of 2 cameras:
Demo Leica M8, purchased in October, sent to Leica USA for recommended  
upgrade work.
Left my house on 11/30; still nowhere in sight -- apparently still in  
Germany.

Refurb Nikon D80, 90 day Nikon warranty, but 1 year Cameta (sends to  
Nikon USA) warranty.  Developed several bright pixels.
Sent back to Cameta Jan 4th, coming back via UPS tomorrow.

I have bought several items from them over the years and would  
recommend them.

So, their service may not be 100% perfect, but certainly more speedy  
than Leica...

Phil
On Jan 29, 2008, at 4:16 AM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> They're one of the very cheapest Olympus sellers worldwide, so don't  
> expect anything if there's an issue with your new camera. But it may  
> work.
>
>
>
>
>> This is new with US Warranty etc., specifically, the E-3 :-)
>> Thanks
>>
>> At 01:48 AM 1/29/2008, Didier Ludwig wrote:
>>> Haven't dealed myself with them, but read several feedbacks.  
>>> Sounds like russian roulette. If the camera is good, you're fine.  
>>> If something's wrong, and this seems to happen quite often  
>>> especially with "refurb" stuff, their customer's service is said  
>>> to be slow and uncommunicative  (others described it less friendly  
>>> as "nightmare").
>>> Didier
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Anyone has good or bad things to say about buying new cameras  
>>>> from Cameta? Thanks!
>
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In reply to: Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Cameta Camera experience?)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Cameta Camera experience?)
Message from richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Cameta Camera experience?)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Cameta Camera experience?)