RE: [Leica] experience buying from tamarkin or chatterton?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

I, too, have delt with Ara at New England photo. His prices are reasonable,
and, as Buzz says, it's nice to actually be able to handle the merchandise.
Further, he provides a 90 day warranty. I bought a beautiful Contax IIIa
from him with the 50 1.5 sonnar. It turned out that the shutter speeds were
way off. He took it from me with a smile and sent it off to his repair guy
who took care of the problem. This past Xmas I bought two used TLRs from him
for my photo children - a 3.5 Rollei and a Mamiya 330 and, again, the
experience was satisfying in all respects.......

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jeffrey
Hausner
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 12:06 PM
To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
Subject: RE: [Leica] experience buying from tamarkin or chatterton?


I know this thread has been beaten to death before, but I want to put in a
plug for your friendly local Leica dealer.

Generally, your local dealer will give you exactly the same price as the
mail order guys for new equipment with the full USA warranty.  Of course,
you'll have to pay the sales tax, but you will not pay shipping.  To be
brief, I find the experience of being able to hold and test the equipment
before I buy and to speak with a knowledgeable dealer to be a worthy part of
the shopping experience.

Of course, for used equipment one must buy what one can find and your local
dealer may not have it on hand when you need it.  However, I have asked my
dealer to keep an eye out for a piece and he has called me when it was in
and given me a good price each time.

For the record, I shop at New England Photo in Arlington Center,
Massachusetts.  Talk to Ara.

	Buzz Hausner.