Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/18

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Subject: Re: LTM Repairs!
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:13:07 -0500

Nope. This fee is imposed by the Canadian Government. As I recall it cost
me a little more than $40 US each way.

>You may want to contact Leica re: this. Since the Canada and US operations
>are separate, there may be an agreement between them for this fee. For those
>familiar w/ Minox, the US company states it will not service or sell
>instructions manuals for and product not originally distributed by them in
>the US. This statement was originally seen in an article in Popular
>Photography and I received a letter stating this when I had them repair my
>ML. I called them when I received it since it did not pertain to me and I
>was offended/confounded. They stated that the reason was that since they did
>not import/distribute these non US cameras, they received no profit but had
>the overhead of the repairs and repair facility maintenance. Very POOR
>marketing for a company which was already in financial difficulty. It is
>possible Leica has this fee in deferrence to taking Minox's attitude towards
>foreign sold cameras.
>
>
>At 09:49 PM 12/17/96 +0000, you wrote:
>>> Date:          Tue, 17 Dec 1996 07:10:36 -0500
>>> To:            leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>> From:          wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
>>> Subject:       Re: LTM Repairs!
>>> Reply-to:      leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>
>>> Yes. The CLAed my IIIg for me a couple of years back. Rather expensive and
>>> the the "brokerage fee" seem silly to me. I guess I don't understand the
>>> term "free trade"
>>>
>>I bought a used made in Midland camera from a person in canada last
>>month.  I'm not sure what free trade means either, what did NAFTA
>>stand for?
>>
>>
>Brian Levy, J.D.
>Agincourt Ont.
>dlevy@worldy.com

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