Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/24

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Wake UP Leica! (was: Leica USA no longer selling repair parts)
From: Ken Wilcox <klw.51@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:52:47 -0400
References: <317B9DB8-BE0C-11D7-85CC-000393802534@mac.com>

Martin,

I have already written them that they have changed my mind about 
trying to buy an MP. Since I don't really need, just lusted after it, 
I can remove it from my "want" list.

Ken
Wilcox


At 12:22 PM -0700 7/24/03, Martin Howard wrote:
>Chandos Michael Brown wrote:
>
>>I have been setting money aside for a new 35/1.4 asph.  So much for
>>this.  The fund's now going toward a Canon D1s or its equivalent, even
>>if it takes longer to accumulate it.  I'll continue to use the Ms in the
>>foreseeable future, but I will never buy another new Leica product
>>again, period.
>
>Put that in a paper mail, address to the president of Leica USA, and 
>send it off.  Once they get it through their heads that they are not 
>creating extra revenue through monopolising the repair market, but 
>actually loosing revenue because people choose competitors products 
>instead, maybe they'll rethink this inanely stupid decision.
>
>Leica needs to wake up and smell the coffee.  Their greatest asset 
>is not their illustrious past, or the fact that they can make a 
>limited run of 50 cameras to match the latest Hermes scarf 
>collection.  It's their insanely loyal customer base.  If they start 
>pissing that away through short-sighted greed, they deserve to go 
>out of business in six months.
>
>M.
>
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