Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/30

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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Leica M8 Customer Information -- January 30th, 2008
From: ken at iisaka.org (Ken Iisaka)
Date: Wed Jan 30 18:00:23 2008
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The question is whether we must buy an upgrade before the original warranty
expires, or the camera must be upgraded before the original warranty
expires...


On 1/30/08, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
>
> > This is interesting..... very interesting.  I am not sure what it
> > says, except buy more M8 and M9 cameras, cause just like the Leica
> > A, we are promising we will upgrade them into the future.... and
> > therefore our extra high cost is a bargain, over time.  Our upgrades
> > have no competition, no one else does this.
> >
> > I think there IS merit in this......   If you look at what the
> > warranty on a Leica was ( M6 time) it was 3 years with a 2 year
> > option for an additional $150 or so.....  The current M8 is 2 years
> > ( I stand corrected from a  previous email).  After 2 years, a lot
> > of users ( yes, some on this list......) swap out there current
> > Leica models for new ones.. and preserve their warranty in so
> > doing.  Sure they lose something, maybe 40% of the original cost,
> > but they preserve that all important warranty.  What this M8 program
> > does is to repair to spec, and upgrade the camera AND extend the
> > warranty for 2 years, for 40% of the value of a new camera.  Sounds
> > like the same thing......  So why not keep your old model and just
> > update the guts?
>
> that's a good analysis Frank, and many M8 owners like me, will face a
> dilemma pretty soon...
>
> it is not an easy, slam dunk call...
>
> aside from the obvious pros and cons, and the high fee...
>
> we are paying leica to be without our cameras, for an unknown period
> of time, cameras that some of us frequently use...
>
> Steve
>
>
> >
> >
> > I wonder if todays' electronic fever.. don't fix, just upgrade....
> > will work here?  Is the market ready for this?
> >
> > But.......Using words like ... "forever"... I wonder if he really
> > meant that?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > red735i@earthlink.net
> >
> >> With the introduction of a perpetual upgrade program, every LEICA
> >> M8 will forever be a state-of-the-art digital camera. Todays and
> >> tomorrows users will always be able to incorporate the latest
> >> refinements and developments in handling ease and technology. It is
> >> our aim to secure your investment in the LEICA M8 for the future.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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In reply to: Message from cummer at netvigator.com (Howard Cummer) ([Leica] Fwd: Leica M8 Customer Information -- January 30th, 2008)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Fwd: Leica M8 Customer Information -- January 30th, 2008)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Fwd: Leica M8 Customer Information -- January 30th, 2008)