Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica]
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 09:50:47 -0700

Dan S wrote:
> 
> Can you be sure it isn't your dealer who is suspect?
> 
> Dan
> 
> >Leica USA may be going so far as to sell "demo" items as NEW.  I bought
> >what
> >was supposed to be a brand new R6.2 almost 2 months ago.  It arrived with
> >fingerprints on the mirror, as well as a faint circular mark around the
> >tripod socket and the tell tale marks of winder/drive use.  I had an
> >important assignment to shoot so I just clammed up about it and used the
> >camera. snip

How about they people who clean the store at night?  Maybe the clerks
borrow the camera for the weekend and get barbecue sauce on them and
clean them off with charcoal starting liquid!
Maybe the head guy doesn't know anything about it.
Mark Rabiner