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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] More Leica NJ incompetence
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 19:49:12 -0300

I agree Dan.  They dis CLA's on a M4-p and a M3 and both times it took
about a week including the time it took to mail them the cameras.  A very
first class operation.

Regards,

Robert

At 04:32 PM 6/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>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>
>>
>>
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