Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] PESO: RG Lewis and Leica M frustrations
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:21:42 -0400

Congrats Nathan  this has got to be terrific for you.
A triumph!


On 5/21/13 6:18 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I walked from my hotel to the Holborn Tube station this morning, and on the
> way, as is my habit, I stopped by RG Lewis on Southampton Row, one of 
> London's
> best-known Leica dealers. I have been coming in his shop for at least 10
> years, and usually we have a chat. This time he was telling about his woes
> with the new M 240. He has one in the shop, a demo. Since they were
> introduced, he has received and sold 7, all of which have been recalled for
> the lug issue. He was utterly frustrated about the fact that there simply 
> no
> new Leica product to sell--the M is vaporware, the ME also, the M9 is
> discontinued, so for anyone wanting to buy a new Leica M the options are 
> very
> limited. He told me of another dealer, in Mayfair, that is having cash flow
> problems--not having product to sell and paying Mayfair rents is a deadly
> combination.
> 
> And to top it off, Leica is being extremely arrogant towards its dealers,
> basically telling them to just be happy they are Leica dealers and to shut 
> up.
> 
> Conclusion: brilliant products, lousy customer relations and even worse
> communications skills.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/390823669_759797.jpg.html>
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> (sent from somewhere)
> 
> 
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Mark William Rabiner
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