Re: [Leica] <no subject>

["Jim Shulman" <garcia@chesco.com>]

Common sense also dictates that equipment at this price level SHOULD be free
from defects, or close to virtually unmeasurable defect levels.  When you
purchase a $2000 or $3000 lens, or a $2000+ camera body, you're buying both
craftsmanship as well as technology.  It's not unreasonable to demand both
for your money.  These are Leicas, not Dianas.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: sam <salex@idt.net>
To: lug <Leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 9:18 AM
Subject: [Leica] <no subject>


> > Please, do us all a favor and check the archives for quality issues and
> > Leica gear.  You will find that:
> >
> >   * Once every six months, someone buys Leica gear that needs
> >     servicing and raises the question of flawlessness vs. price.
> >
> >   * Common sense dictates that errors will occur in ANY manufacturing
> >     line.  REGARDLESS of price and quality control measures.  Flaws
> >     ALWAYS manage to find their way through somehow.  It is a
consequence
> >     of human activity and enthropy.
> >
> >   * If you want to eliminate the risk of getting faulty equipment,
> >     don't buy any.
> >
> >   * This is a dead horse.
>
> But buyers who DO get defective equipment SHOULD post it. The Buyer was
not
> raving and ranting about it, just reporting it. I for one don't mind
> seeing it on the LUG. And if it only occurs once every six months, why
> should that be a problem?
>
> Your response intimidates others from posting "defect" messages, and if
> taken to an extreme, ANY kind of message that could be dumped to
> "it's in the archives and has been covered before", so it's a dead horse.
>
> Sam Alexander
>