Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] R-D1 whim
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Jan 10 14:12:51 2007
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Didier,

Thanks for the insight. I was talking the USA site. It didn't sound  
right to me either.

Len


On Jan 10, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Didier Ludwig wrote:

> Len
>
> Which Epson? UK or USA? Epson USA has it in the shop http:// 
> tinyurl.com/3t936 for $2999 which is a joke, the price was dropped  
> 8 months ago for the new model (around $2200-$2400 now), which is  
> not mentioned. I believe this website is not well updated.
>
> The Epson UK shop http://tinyurl.com/y3h28l says "not for sale" for  
> the R-D1, no R-D1s mentioned. The extra website http:// 
> www.epsonrd1.co.uk/ mentions the R-d1s but no price.
>
> Epson UK was not able to deliver a flawless R-D1 to replace my  
> defunkt one, which means the few last R-D1 samples they have are  
> all objectable. My dealer offered me a R-D1s upgrade for a small  
> additional cost.
>
>  From discussions over at RFF in the R-D1 section I have learned  
> that the qc issues with the R-D1s are less bad than with the R-D1.  
> I would definitely not take one of the few left R-D1 samples  
> regardless where you are. The chance to get a lemon goes close to  
> 100%.
>
> Didier
>
>
>
>> Didier,
>>
>> How about the units at the Epson store directly from Epson? They say
>> buy now. Is that a mistake and they're really sold out?
>>
>> Len
>
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Mac vs. PC - again!)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Re: Mac vs. PC - again!)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Re: Mac vs. PC - again!)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Re: Mac vs. PC - again!)
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] R-D1 whim (was Mac vs. PC))
Message from len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier) ([Leica] R-D1 whim (was Mac vs. PC))
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] R-D1 whim)