Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Does Leica actually want to sell cameras?
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat Nov 22 10:32:01 2008
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On Nov 22, 2008, at 11:27 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> Like "taste aversion" after eating something that makes you puke, I  
> had several weeks of sleepless nights after plunking down that much  
> money to get something non-functional. My first thought upon getting  
> the camera back was to not use it again because it might break  
> again. Gun shy.


I understand but, pick up another camera and go take pictures...


rediscover why you got into it in the first place...


hard as it sounds, that's what I would do...


Steve





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> Steve Barbour wrote:
>>> On Nov 22, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Leica's post-sales are what turned me off to photography for the  
>>>> past year. When my M8 died after two weeks, nobody at Leica would  
>>>> return my calls or respond to my emails. I finally had to contact  
>>>> the president (in the USA) to get a response. Leica's customer  
>>>> service can be summed up in three words: Go F**k Yourself.
>>
>> Good to hear from you again Jeffery...
>>
>> I'm sorry to hear about your misfortune, but turned off to  
>> photography for the last year because your 28th camera body is  
>> giving you problems...?
>>
>> If you have enough interest in "photography" to buy so much  
>> equipment, I expect you could use one of the other bits and pieces,
>>
>> in fact it would be very hard to hold you down...
>>
>> No?
>>
>> What's going on?
>>
>> Steve
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Replies: Reply from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Does Leica actually want to sell cameras?)
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