Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With those 3m Green abrasive cloths when have become ubiquitous in American households and were originally designed to be something else. I got one in my sink and one in my tool chest. In Boston October 2000 in a fancy hotel lobby a bunch of LHSA people were sitting around a fireplace on sofas and chairs and some guy presented Jonathan Eastland with a very brassy M3 or M2. He turned it over in his hands and very nicely called him out on the use of the 3m cloth. You could say everyone was mildly impressed.. We never saw that guy again. Turns out that technique is used to jack up the price of cameras. Perhaps say there were used by a famous photographer. Like Tina! On 2/13/16 8:53 AM, "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Somebody suggested Leica was going to take my extremely well-brassed M9 > and sell it for even more than it's worth!! I wish I could figure out how > to do that. I have 6 very well-brassed M6's for sale!! Tina On Fri, Feb 12, > 2016 at 8:49 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > Here?s my > take: > > I get the 246 for $3950 plus my M9 because I?m just a schlub with an > older > Leica. > Bob gets the 246 for $3550 plus his MM because he?s just a > schlub with a > newer and costlier Leica (nothing personal, Bob!). > Tina gets > the 246 for $2900 plus her M9, probably older than mine and far > more used, > because, well, because Tina! > > All as it should be. Leica should give her > equipment for free. > > ?howard > > > > > On Feb 12, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Robert > Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > They quoted me the price sight unseen: > no questions were asked (# > > exposures, date manufactured, serial number, > etc.). > > Guess it just depends on their mood? > > Weird > > > > On Fri, Feb > 12, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > > >> I'm > not sure how they figure the upgrade prices. Maybe based on the > age of > >> > the M9? I don't really know. I've seen everything ranging from $4000 > to > > >> $2800. I really have no idea. > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> On Fri, Feb 12, > 2016 at 6:29 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hmmm. Just > got word from Leica that my MM had the glass issue also. > >>> Upgraded to the > M246 but at $3,550. And I thought, Tina, you got yours > >> for > >>> around > $2,900? > >>> Seems odd if I'm right in reading these different upgrade > costs... > >>> Best, > >>> Bob > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:08 PM, > Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Yo, Tina! > >>>> > > >>>> I just got off the phone with Leica in New Jersey. The gist of the > >>>> > conversation follows. > >>>> > >>>> Me: ?I?m the owner of an M9 that?s been > found to have sensor > >> corrosion.? > >>>> > >>>> Leica: ?You can sent it in > for repair and that will cut the lead time > >>> from > >>>> 4 months to 2 > months.? > >>>> > >>>> Me (tentatively): ?I understand there?s an upgrade > path?? > >>>> > >>>> Leica: ?If your camera is found to have sensor corrosion, > you?ll be > >>>> offered an upgrade to one of 4 cameras. > >>>> > >>>> Me > (...4 cameras? FOUR?? Fingers crossed.): ?Is the Monochrome 246 one > >> of > > >>>> them?? > >>>> > >>>> Leica: ?Yes. You say you have an M9?? > >>>> > >>>> > Me: ?Yes.: > >>>> > >>>> Leica: ?You can upgrade to the 246 for $3950.? > > >>>> > >>>> Me: ?It?ll be in FedEx?s hands tomorrow, and thank you very > much!? > >>>> > >>>> ?howard > >>>> > >>>> > _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Bob Adler > >>> > www.robertadlerphotography.com > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tina Manley > >> http:// > >> < > >> > > http://t.sidekickopen35.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKY > PW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites > .com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=15b06035-37a0-4383-9f65-7ff2dbba1323 > >>> > >> > www.tinamanley.com > >> http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/ > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > www.robertadlerphotography.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina > Manley http:// > <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley. > artistwebsites.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica > Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/