Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 11 April 2001, Johnny Deadman wrote: > > I have had free stuff from Leica UK too. It depends a lot on how you > approach them and who you get to talk to. If you get through to the guy in > the workshop and he has some stuff lying around that's not worth putting an > invoice on you're quite likely to get it free. Red dots and little itty > bits. If you go through the front desk... nada. When I lost my baseplate the > workshop guy did a huge search to see if he could find some used baseplate > to save me buying new. I really appreciated that. > > Back to the post: try calling through to the workshop and see if they have > any used rewind cranks hanging around. Those places are full of disassembled > leicas so you just might get lucky. Who knows? Can't hurt to ask. > My experience with Leica USA is similar. Going through the front desk I was quoted a price of $300 for a main casting for a broken R4sP. The workshop had one - only one - for $100. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/