Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Hudson wrote: > What I hear is > that perhaps the R8 should be avoided. Well, this seems like a logical conclusion to this thread, no ? Either the statistical image of unreliability given here really reflects proportionnaly through the LUG and (very probably) the outer world, and buying the R8 (and winder) should be considered as a very risky and frustrating experience. Or only the unsatisfied have related their experience and we have a grunty unfounded thread that is potentialy very dangerous for the reputation of that range. I, for one, would NOT have bought a R8 last December if this exact same thread had developped just before I made the purchase. So, is this founded or unfounded ? Are there only 2 persons on the LUG who have had a normal, problem free, experience with the R8 ? Could we initiate a round of calls on user satisfaction, and count the "good" and the "bad" stories ? i suggest not to repost the experience itself, simply state one of the following: 1. Yes, I have had to send back one or more R8 (body nr XXXX, bought in mm/yy) for fixing of factory induced problems (name problem in 5 words max). 2. No, I have bever had to send back one of my R8 (body nr XXXX bought in mm/yy) 3. I have had to send back a R8 due to a user induced incident Thanks for the input: this just might produce a more 'correct' image of the situation. Alan