Re: Ethnic slur: Not wanted!

[tomrice@netcom.com (Tom R. Rice)]

	I feel that this sort of garbage does not belong
	on this list.  Please refrain from wasting our time.....
> 
> 
> To whom it may concern:
> 
> Please be advised the following message from a Mr. Claude Trei contains 
> an ethnic slur towards Germans.  I personally find his choice of wording 
> totally unacceptable and outrageously improper.  I urge the Internet 
> service provider for him to cancel his service immediately.  I urge his 
> employer - should they be addressed - to take appropriate actions as 
> would be fitting anyone making sexist, racist or harassing comments to a 
> fellow employee.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Tom Hodge / thodge@charweb.org
> 
> 	
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 21:46:27 -0400
> From: rec.photo.equipment.35mm.Newsgroup@msc.cornell.edu
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: ATTENTION!!! LEICA RIPPING OFF PHOTOGRAPHERS. [rec.photo.equipment.35mm #16152]
> 
> 
> ------ 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!!
> 
> ------ End of Forwarded Article
> 
> 


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