[Leica] "B Grade" -- Not Really - de Milo Speaks of Ferdinand

[MGMcGough@aol.com]

   Several years ago,  there was a LUGnut from the Philippines who
   was shopping for a M6 & asked the LUG dozens of questions on
   where was the best place to buy as there were no Leica dealers
   in Cebu.  The consensus of LUG advice to  (I think his name was 
   Ferdinand) was to not buy in Singapore, but he did anyway despite
   the advice.  His first M6 had to be returned due to a faulty plastic
   frame counter gear which happened on his 2nd roll of film back in
   Cebu.  He had to travel back to Singapore to get a replacemant and
   this too was faulty.

   If he had bought it mail order from Don Chatterton or Jim Kuehl, as
   he was advised to, chances are that he would have gotten a perfect 
   M6 the first time.  Some of the LUGgers then maintained that all of
   the refurbished Leicas ARE sent to out of the way places because
   they hope to get less complaints that way, but I think that a check of
   the archives will show that there was just poor QC at Solms at that
   time - just as there are everywhere in this plastic age. > Mary Grace<

 rdandcb@cybermac.com.au writes:
> 
>  If I was a manufacturer of products with a reputation for (or a
>  marketing angle for) the highest quality, I would send the stuff that
>  wasn't quite perfect in some way to the furthest part of the globe, from
>  where a warranty claim would be a time consuming issue.  Like Australia.
>   Or to a place where consumers might not be as fussy as in (say) the US
>  or Japan.  Like Australia.
>  
>