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Subject: [Leica] Good M8/8.2/9 Battery Source
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:31:14 -0500
References: <COL119-W458041EF7C48828B77E4BB82A70@phx.gbl>, , <00cd01ca6577$a6e0e2b0$f4a2a810$@net>, <COL119-W8577F4BC2C0EC8F13507682A70@phx.gbl>, <p06230908c72505c17524@[10.1.16.146]> <COL119-W9CA188C390BF31C1C811D82A60@phx.gbl>

I tried a Hong Kong battery.

the first one was swollen enough that it did not fit in the battery  
compartment, the replacement will not hold a charge.

ric


On Nov 14, 2009, at 8:26 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:

>
> Hi Henning,
>
>
>
> That's the Seller. Ordered and paid for October 16th, never arrived.
>
>
>
> He did refund my money but no answer wrt Hong Kong Speed Post  
> shipping.
>
>
>
> Greg Lorenzo
>
> Calgary, Canada
>
>> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:18:35 -0800
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> From: henningw at archiphoto.com
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Good M8/8.2/9 Battery Source
>>
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> Did you order from the seller I gave you? I've always had excellent
>> service from him.
>>
>> By the way, when the M8 came out it came with 1700mAh batteries, just
>> like most of the aftermarket ones. If the M9 now comes with 1900mAh
>> batteries, that's a new thing.
>>
>> Considering that the 3rd party batteries from Hong Kong are 1/10 the
>> price, a 10% reduction in capacity isn't going to change the equation
>> much.
>>
>>
>>
>> At 3:48 PM -0700 11/14/09, Greg Lorenzo wrote:
>>> Frank,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Send me the name of your Ebay vendor that didn't ship and I'll send
>>> you mine. Both off-list would be best.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, I requested Speedpost shipping (trackable), with me paying the
>>> for all extra shipping and handling costs, and I didn't even receive
>>> a reply.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is worth noting almost all ebay sourced replacement batteries for
>>> the digital M's all have a lower mAh rating.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg Lorenzo
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> * Henning J. Wulff
>> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design
>> /###\ mailto:henningw at archiphoto.com
>> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com
>>
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