Re: ATTENTION!!! LEICA RIPPING OFF PHOTOGRAPHERS. [rec.photo.equipment.35mm #16152]

[Tom Hodge <thodge@charweb.org>]

Dear LUG members,

In addition to my "zingers" back to the author of this message - which, 
by the way 'bounced' back to me - I've decided to forward this to the site 
administrator for my Internet service.  The ethnic slur simply won't be 
tolerated on this end.  I only @&*$^#$%&@*&$^ (swear), not degrade other 
nationalities.  There is no excuse for the original authors language and 
anyone with half a brain knows it.  The minor swearing bothered me not.  
Dweebs like him help set the bit of international diplomacy we have back 
about a thousand years.

This is exactly the type of person - grouped in with the deviates,
panderers and pedophiles lurking out here on the 'Web - that have led to
Clinton wanting to impose some governmental censorship on the Internet. 
If we oppose Internet censorship - as we should as it's a limitation of
sorts on the U.S. right of free speech...I think it's the 1st Amendment to
the Constitution...we must either accept censorship or reject and oppose
those that are the root of the cause. 

Think about it......next time you're out with YOUR Leica and you're 
comparing notes with another fellow photog with his M-6 and a couple of 
lenses.......you might be talking to this idiot!  Scary, isn't it?

I hope I can speak for a great number of us out here on the 'Web.  To
German citizens and those of German ancestry tuning in on our forum:  This
guy doesn't speak the language we approve of.  His ethnic slurs have no
place on an international communications medium.  Or anywhere, for that
matter.  He doesn't deserve the time of day from any of us anymore than he
deserves special free service on his Leica. 

To the rest.  If he behaves to service people with the same manner in
which he so callously addressed an international forum, I bet you'd have a
hard time hearing his side of things, too.  The old "eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth" theory will leave us ALL blind and unable to eat .....
but rude people aren't entitled to a whole lot of kind treatment in
return.  Until this fool cleans up his act, he pretty much gets what he
deserves. 

Today is bargain day.  You get much more than my 2 cents worth.  I figure
this is worth about 50 cents! 

Regards,

Tom Hodge
(some $#^&*%$& but no ethnic slurs)



  

On Thu, 25 Apr 1996 rec.photo.equipment.35mm.Newsgroup@msc.cornell.edu wrote:

> 
> ------ Forwarded Article <zapcomix-2404961429400001@pm2-19.sba.silcom.com>
> ------ From zapcomix@silcom.com (Claude Trei)
> 
> I just spent 2800 dollars on an M-6, a 35mm 1.4 and a 50mm 2.0.  That's a
> lot of dough for a range finder and a couple of lenses.  The camera and
> lenses work beautifully and take marvellous pictures.  I have not
> conducted any scientific tests, but the images are much better than
> anything I've shot in years of using Canon and Nikon  equipment.  Only
> Olympus comes close.  That's the good news.  On the down side, I have
> these gripes:
> 
>   1. Leica camera strap is poorly designed, and plastic part broke.  I've
> sent it back to Leica for replacement.
>    2.  The rear lens cap split in half, Leica refuses to replace it.  It's
> poorly made, and heavily over priced.  I can't afford to replace their
> crappy, ill-conceived rear lens cap!
>    3.  I need a lens hood for the 35mm 1.4, so I can reduce glare, and use
> series 7 filters, it won't take screw ins.  Those crazy Krauts want 95
> dollars for a lens hood!
>    4.  The 35mm lens is full of little black specks, believed to be bits
> of laquer which has flecked off from the inside of the lens barrel.  It's
> an obviuos design flaw.  Those cheap shits won't even fix it for free!  A
> lens that costs 1500 dollars, should have some kind of decent customer
> service, especially when it is a flaw in the design.
> 
>    Just wanted to share this information with anyone planning on buying a
> Leica.  The people that make that camera are arrogant and extortionate. 
> They should fix my equipment and incorporate design improvments in the
> next series of lenses.  They should replace defective equipment.
> 
>    I picked up an old battered pair of Swarovski (Austrian) binoculars.  I
> called them up in New Jersey to ask how I could eliminate flare at night. 
> They had me send in the binoculars.  They repaired them for free and their
> customer service was outstanding.  The Leica repair guy sounded rude and
> ignorant.  I was treated as if I did not know what I was talking about. 
> I'm really pissed off with Leica.  They better get their shit together,
> because I intend to pass the word around about their over priced equipment
> and shoddy customer service.
> 
>    Having said that I wouldn't part with my Leica gear for the world.  The
> black specks are not affecting image quality, and if they do, there is a
> repair man in SB who will fix the lens for 50 bucks, half of Leica's
> price.
> 
>    BEWARE LEICA RIP OFF ON SMALL BITS WHICH SHOULD NOT COST SO MUCH!!
> 
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