Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I bought my R8, R9, 28-90 Asph, 70-180 APO, Metz flash, recharger, Motor Drive etc. etc from him a very fair prices and excellent service. Drove to Bellingham WA and met him before the investment (don't get me wrong - it was an insurance settlement for theft which bough all that Lecia kit...). He was a shooter himself (both R and M and Canon digital). An absolutely amazing inventory of really nice used Leica M an R stuff, a lot of it "as new'. Including the Sultan of Brunei 18ct gold presentation M lens which I held in my hot little hands. Damn right, it was heavy. And all the Leica APO glass you could ever want. On the matter of being no longer in business; there's a story here that I know a bit about. It's a sad tale and a bit of a shame. To paraphrase Maroln Brando's line in "On The Waterfront", "...he coulda been a contender ..." I'm not comfortable expanding on this further. And I really miss going to that amazing little 2nd floor shop literally bursting with new and used Leicas, Rollies, Hassy's, etc. Things change. Bob On Jun 20, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: KBCamera has been out of business for much longer then February. It's more like 9 months to a year. They still maintained their classic web site with leica lens and camera reviews and serial number lists, but as soon as you tried to link to their sales site you would get error messages. This is the helpful site that Ric mentioned. About 6 or 8 months ago a couple of their items like a filter or other small items could be purchased through Amazon but the merchandise was never delivered. At that time there were many feedback messages posted calling KBCamera a fraud that never shipped purchased items. My dealings with KBCamera were always very good but that was over a year ago. I have no knowledge that they were ever fraudulent but that was the opinion of some of the people that tried to make purchases. Len On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 08:38 PM 6/20/2008, you wrote: >> Has something happened to KBCamera? >> >> I was trying to look up something on their VERY helpful website, and >> cannot raise them on the web. >> >> Ric > > Rangefinder forum says they went out of business in February. > > Tina > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information