Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] "sealed" in box
From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:28:00 -0700
References: <68.51a9a7f.2693661a@aol.com>

>   <<My
> friends even told me that Leica doesn't seal the cameras and lenses at
> all.  I am not 100% sure about this but the lenses I purchsed in US,
> Taiwan, and Japan, all of them don't come in a sealed bag.  >>
>
> Yes, you are correct, Leica doesn't "seal" anything in a box.
>
> Neither the box or the bag inside come sealed closed. Really that is a
> misnomer for something that is "unused in box" I suppose.

Ah, this is true for current products, but back in the old days, boxes
were wrapped in paper which had a sticker to seal it.  It's entirely
possible that the seal may be of the importer/distributor.

Go to Katsumido in Ginza, Tokyo, and you can see a couple of them.

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