Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am shocked by this news. What about NAFTA? Chris At 04:13 PM 12/18/96 -0500, you wrote: >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 > >---- >Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits >LHSA, MEA, LAW preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> > <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org> > > > > - ---------------------------------------------- C.M. Fortunko Group Leader, Materials Evaluation (853) National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80303 tel. (303)497-3062 FAX (303)497-5030 e-mail: fortunko@boulder.nist.gov - -----------------------------------------------