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Cool ......!
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From: JIB <jbuf@ix.netcom.com>
To: leica-users group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:11 PM
Subject: [Leica] problems with tenba bags
I have two Tenba bags, a 995 (cost $330) and 895 (cost $295). After =
about 3 years of use I began to notice a fine dustlike powder covering =
my equipment. I checked and found out that tenba has a five year =
warranty. I sent the bags to New York for warranty repairs, and was =
informed that what I found on my cameras was the waterproofing coating =
that had decayed and was coming off of the fabric. They also said that =
there was no way of repairing the bags, and that they refused to replace =
them under warranty. The only solution that I was offered was that they =
would give me a discount if I wanted to buy another bag. This I could =
not understand, they refused to honor their warranty and then thought =
that a good solution was for me to buy another one of there bags.=20
On further investigation, I found out that the majority of =
manufacturers use the spray the chemical on the fabric method of =
waterproofing. That is one of the reasons that I like Billingham bags, =
they use a combination of fabrics to make there bags waterproof. I do =
not mind paying more for a well built peice of equipment, and I really =
expected these bags to last until they were thread bare. But it seems =
as if Tenba bags are designed with planned obselescence in mind.=20
My $.02 worth=20
John=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original =
Message-----</B><BR><B>From:=20
</B>JIB <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:jbuf@ix.netcom.com">jbuf@ix.netcom.com</A>><BR><B>To:=20
</B>leica-users group <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us">leica-users@mejac.palo-=
alto.ca.us</A>><BR><B>Date:=20
</B>Wednesday, June 02, 1999 8:11 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[Leica] =
problems with=20
tenba bags<BR><BR></DIV></FONT><FONT face=3DMarlett>I have two Tenba =
bags, a 995=20
(cost $330) and 895 (cost $295). After about 3 years of use I =
began to=20
notice a fine dustlike powder covering my equipment. I checked =
and found=20
out that tenba has a five year warranty. I sent the bags =
to New=20
York for warranty repairs, and was informed that what I found on my =
cameras=20
was the waterproofing coating that had decayed and was coming off of =
the=20
fabric. They also said that there was no way of repairing the =
bags, and=20
that they refused to replace them under warranty. The only =
solution that=20
I was offered was that they would give me a discount if I wanted to =
buy=20
another bag. This I could not understand, they refused to honor =
their=20
warranty and then thought that a good solution was for me to buy =
another one=20
of there bags.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DMarlett> On =
further=20
investigation, I found out that the majority of manufacturers use the =
spray=20
the chemical on the fabric method of waterproofing. That is one =
of the=20
reasons that I like Billingham bags, they use a combination of fabrics =
to make=20
there bags waterproof. I do not mind paying more for a well =
built peice=20
of equipment, and I really expected these bags to last until they were =
thread=20
bare. But it seems as if Tenba bags are designed with planned=20
obselescence in mind.</FONT><FONT face=3DMarlett></FONT>=20
<P><FONT face=3DMarlett>My $.02 worth</FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=3DMarlett>John</FONT>=20
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