Re: [Leica] A Chatterton Story

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Don,
Don't give up; I worked for over 22 years and a police telecommunicator. I
heard every possible complaint you could imagine. What kept me going was the
knowledge that the number 911 made you a target. I suppose having your name
and number hanging out there, a target for every disgruntled,
passive-aggresive, with a keyboard or phone makes it seem that the whole
place is coming down around your ears.
It ain't so; I admit there that was moment when I thought, 'how does this
guy stay in business?', then reality kicked in. It didn't take a rocket
scientist to see that a couple of wild hairs set off a furor of support for
you, and from a surprisingly large number people. Since most people seem to
follow the adage,' the sqeaky wheel gets the grease', and most satisfied
people are satisfied to sit quietly and do or say nothing, I was gtratified
to see that LUGger are willing to hoist themselves to their aching feet and
stand up for you!
Stay with us- please.
( soon as Old Thing says I can get an M camera, I may call you!)
Dan'l
dwpost@msn.com
- -----Original Message-----
From: Don Chatterton <dci@aa.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] A Chatterton Story

>Bill:
>
>My sincere thanks for your opinions and for speaking up. We have watched
>all week, feeling like a fire hydrant in a dog pound.
>
>2 guys from New York started,,,one with a brand new, 4 week out of the
>factory, who thought he saw fungus in the lens from years of damp storage,
>and the other with a credit card..no confirmable address and wanted dropped
>off at a Mails Boxes etc, with no identification.
>
>We refunded the first immediately and refused to accept the credit card of
>the other..then all heck broke loose. It kept going on like a 1947
>Mississippi lynching, until my friends started wadeing in. Later in the
>week, I will post an apprpriate reply.
>
>For that I am greatly appreciative. I have received dozens of calls, fax's
>and E..mails, which I really appreciate. This is a fun business  as it was
>when started 30 years ago this month. It is sure changing fast. Got a phone
>threat on the answering machine, after we flew back from the LA Camera Show
>last night..
>
>Maybe time to call it a day.
>
>Don
>
>
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