Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/17

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: J'Accuse Leica
From: Paul Ross <paul@paulross.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 08:45:21 +0100

>>From: Paul Ross <paul@paulross.demon.co.uk>
>>
>>Best regards to all Leica users [now I'm off to retrieve a M6 from the
>>repair shop after a thug tried to total it].
>
>The same thing happened to my M6!  Please describe the outcome of repair.
>
>Cordially, - Mikhail

I use Vivitar 283 flases which are pretty bomb proof. Too bomb proof perhaps.

In a riot in Trafalgar Square [see my page
http://www.caliach.com/paulr/euro96riot/euro96riot.html] a thug tried to
rip the flash off. The hot shoe on the M6 was pulled half off the body. I
sent it to Leica asking for an estimate. After nearly three weeks of
inaction it suddenly turned up with a bill for #90 ($135). On inspection
all they had done was bend the hot shoe back, and incompletly at that.
Needless to say I was not best pleased with the delay and casualness of the
repair. Next time I'll go to a private repairer.

Asking around other London based Pro Leica users it does seem to be a
problem here getting Leicas repaired by Leica (who often just send them to
Germany anyway with additional delay and expense).

Best regards,

Paul Ross

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