Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]actually, it's not clear the courts would consider it new either. there was a case in which a "new" meaning "unused" car (a bmw or mercedes, I think) sat in a lot for more than 18months and was then sold as "brand new" to a customer who later sued, and won (claiming that it was misrepresented.) (i am not a lawyer and am reporting from memory, but you get the idea.) bmw - -----Original Message----- From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@ans.com.au> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Brand New M3 for the price of a M6 >Eric Welch wrote: > >> >I think most of us are content to just buy them, and will use the >> >word "new" accordingly :-) >> >> The question is more important to people who are buying them and don't want >> "demos" or "returned" cameras. I for one when buying a NEW Leica want a >> truly new one. Leica is protecting people with such desires. >> >> >Now I wonder what leica would say about warranty if there really >> >was a "new" M3 forgetten about in the back of some dealer's >> >warehouse... >> >> If it could be proved, I bet they'd honor it. After all, aren't they the >> best built Leicas? > >If I wanted a new M6, and a dealer had a 10 year old - albeit >"new" one, I'm not sure I'd consider that new myself. I'm not >sure I could apply the word "new" to a 10 year old camera, no >matter what Leica says. >