Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One never knows but Stan Tamarkin often has "open box", demo and refurb Leicas for sale. Sometimes it might seem like Leica USA is opening the boxes of slow selling items and then lowering the price and passing them to Stan... On Apr 16, 2010, at 10:10 PM, Richard Man wrote: > I got the M9 "pre-owned," so in fact I paid less than list price > when the > other people were paying $500-$1500 premium over. No idea what the > original > problem was, if any. Could even be as silly as the owner wanted a > steel gray > instead. > > Almost everything Leia related I own are bought either used or pre- > owned. > The only exception is the new 50/1.4 ASPH and the MP (which was sold > to get > the M8.u, which was sold to fund the M9...) > > > > On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin > <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Just a question. What happens to all the broken Leicas that have been >> returned? As I understand it, under US law a refurbished product >> cannot be >> resold as "new." In the consumer electronics industry refurbished >> TVs, >> hi-fi >> receivers and amplifiers, video recorders that have been fixed by the >> manufacturer are sold as "B" stock and must be clearly labeled as >> refurbished. The selling price is usually a good deal below the new >> price. >> I >> have a house full of "B" stock Sony electronics bought at a Sony >> outlet >> store. My local electronics guru tells me that the quality is >> often better >> than new since the weak components have been replaced and the >> device is >> tested more thoroughly than newly manufactured products. Is there a >> Leica >> outlet store somewhere? Do the broken Leicas get disassembled and >> the parts >> fitted to new cameras? Are they kept as spares for repairs? Are the >> cameras >> fixed and sent back to dissatisfied customers that want replacements? >> Enquiring minds want to know. >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> > // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information