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Subject: [Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?
From: tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 06:22:19 -0700
References: <CAF8hL-H1Pt6+yoR6wVocuF7+BtQ8V4GN-hwEw566aZw19UWtrA@mail.gmail.com> <031301d057d8$071d0840$155718c0$@verizon.net> <EDB74E4E-3590-48F6-901E-CD6BA1AFD925@frozenlight.eu> <AC59404C-F607-430C-95B1-7843C1BB0644@mac.com> <329103FC-12FD-4E44-8F5B-3D7ECEF3B6EA@icloud.com> <00e201d072fc$5d8c1150$18a433f0$@ca> <020a01d0734e$79da5720$6d8f0560$@verizon.net>

Well OK other than that one an...... R4.  

My threat of smashing it to pieces on the front steps of LEICA CANADA before
a multitude of media alerted to be there and TV and stills guys publicly
recording the destruction.  The day of the event...... I had given them an
option:

A/  A new replacement camera body?
B/  or destruction before the media?

When I arrived early before lunch I was invited to eat. And they'd give the
R4 to the service department for another "TRY TO FIX!" while we had lunch.
DIDN'T HAPPEN AS I WASN'T ABOUT TO GIVE THE CAMERA up FOR THE "SIXTH TIME OF
REPAIR!" 

IT WAS A NEW CAMERA OR SMASHED....... THEIR CHOICE?

What they didn't realize was I had the media alerted so when we returned
from lunch the media mob scene was set to "KILL THE CAMERA SCENES!"
Salivating to " DESTROY DESTROY!" :-)

I was asked to give them the camera and I did. I waited out with the media
and a few minutes later the senior admin guy came out with a brand new
camera and made a fine presentation to me.

Many of the media were ticked-off because they wanted to record me smashing
a LEICA to pieces.

Anyway, despite over the years the LEICA CANADA crew looked after any
repairs or glitches absolutely first class and apart from this one incident
they always looked after my stuff whatever, very well.

cheers,
ted


-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf 
Of
Frank Filippone
Sent: April-09-15 10:23 PM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: Re: [Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?

Ted.. wasn't there an episode with a R camera that went back to the Canada
repair depot several times?  The camera that you threatened to destroy in
public if they did not fix it?  R3????

Frank Filippone
Red735i at verizon.net


Jeeeeeeeeeesh my M8 works just fine no different than all my Leica's before
it!

cheers all,
Dr. ted :-)


On Mar 6, 2015, at 5:34 AM, Bernard Quinn wrote:

> 
> Mine is too!

>> On Mar 6, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> What's wrong with the M8? Mine is still doing fine after 6+ years.

>>> On 06 Mar 2015, at 07:37, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> eica must change with the user demand.  ( Remember the M8?)

my M8 also keeps on truck'n just fine

Regards,
George Lottermoser 



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Replies: Reply from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe) ([Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die? TED)
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Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?)
Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] How many times have Leica died or will die?)