Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Hi, a camera dealer who we all know recently told me that the "demo" >bodies another dealer we all know sells are actually the refurbished or >repaired bodies that Leica doesn't return to the original buyer (sending >the buyer a replacement instead). I'm concerned about this considering I >recently bought a "demo" R6.2 and R8, of which the R8 went in for >warranty repair a little over a week after receiving it. The dealer said >I've essentially bought someone else's problem camera. Dave, Like you I thought "DEMO" meant a camera that was a "trade circuit" camera; however after continuous problems with my R8 I discovered in a phone conversation with Leica in NJ that it is indeed a camera that was returned under warranty and replaced to the original owner. Leica then "fixes" the problem camera and sells it as a demo. My demo could never seem to get repaired correctly, kept sending it back after having it in my hands for only a few weeks it would break again. After its third trip to Leica I insisted they replace the damn thing then immediately sold it and all of my Leica SLR stuff and went back to a system that has never let me down in the field...Canon. IMHO labeling a defective camera that has been "repaired" as DEMO is unethical, may not be illegal, but it left a very bad impression of Leica with me. Harrison McClary email: harrison@mcclary.net http://www.mcclary.net preview my book: http://www.volmania.com