Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] More Leica NJ incompetence
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 16:32:10 -0400

You should move to Canada.  Kindermann seems to do a much better job at
representing the Leica Marque.

Dan C.

At 05:16 PM 08-06-99 -0400, you wrote:
>Luggers:
>
>Here's an update on the defective P2002 (original message below). As of
>today, eleven days since the first posting, Leica NJ has been contacted by
>my dealer, his rep and me, yet I still have a defective P2002 sitting in my
>home.
>
>Today I called and talked to Nels Thorson. I asked when my new projector
>would arrive, that I was eager to show some slides with the projector I had
>paid for nearly 2 months ago. He told me that it would not ship until they
>had the old one back and asked if UPS had picked it up. (They have not)
>
>I asked why a new machine had not been shipped to me with the pickup order
>and he replied "We're not stupid". Well I don't know know about that. I
>have a LOT of Leica equipment, much of it purchased new, including two
>lenses so far this year and two last year and a body the year before.
>Because of this "customer service" I'm begining to hear the call of Contax,
>or perhaps medium format.
>
>Anyone have the name of a "boss" at Leica who cares enough about the
>customer to get this taken care of?
>
>Ken Wilcox
>
>
>At 04:14 PM 5/28/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>More than six weeks ago I purchased a new Prodovit 2002 through one of the
>>dealers on this list. He had it drop shipped to me directly from Leica NJ.
>>Took a couple of weeks to arrive.
>>
>>When I unpacked it and plugged it in I discovered that it was not in
>>perfect working order. (made a ticking sound) My dealer told me to send it
>>back to NJ for repair as there were no more available at that time. He told
>>me to send it to the attention of Brenda Olesin, which I did.
>>
>>When I had not received it by last week (Wed) I called and asked Brenda
>>about it and was told that she would call me back. She did not do so. I
>>called again of Friday and was told by another person that it would ship
>>Monday of this week. When I called again on Wed. I was required to leave a
>>voice mail and someone would return my call. No one did.
>>
>>NJ is a two to three day shipping distance from my home. The projector
>>arrived today, more than 6 weeks after I paid for it and IT WAS NOT
>>REPAIRED. I called Leica NJ again and was shunted off to voice mail. I
>>called back and said I wanted to talk to a real person. (This request was
>>treated rather curtly by the person directing calls.
>>
>>I spoke to another person in Service who didn't know what to do and
>>promised to call me back. That was more than an hour ago and I have not
>>been called.
>>
>>More than six weeks since I bought it and I haven't been able to use it
>>yet. It seems to me that when a brand new item is returned by a customer
>>who is willing to accept a repair rather than a replacement that Leica
>>should have move that item to front (or very near) of the repair que and
>>made damn certain that the repair was done properly.
>>
>>Or am I out of line with my expectations?
>>
>>Ken Wilcox
>>------------------
>>Ken Wilcox					Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
>>LAW LHSA MEA						          <wilcox@tir.com>
>>
>>
>------------------
>Ken Wilcox					Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits
>LAW LHSA MEA						          <wilcox@tir.com>
>
>