Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 - to anyone
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 07:51:32 -0600

I have always had prompt replies to all my queries to Leica regard product
information, repair information and other requests. This has been through
letter, phone and email, and, dealing with Leica in Germany, Canada and the
US.

John Collier

> From: Bill Satterfield <cwsat@cyberhighway.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M6 - to anyone
> 
> Count yourself lucky if you get a response to your e mail. Sometimes they are
> ignored as well as voice mail. I have even sent letters that were not
> responded to or not understood. Overall it is a frustrating
> experience. This is why when I learned about Sherry Krauter, I started to use
> her. She is good, she is responsive, turnaround time is reasonable as well as
> cost and more importantly, she cares. No one likes to be
> ignored or made to fell unimportant.
> 
> Dante Stella wrote:
> 
>> When I asked about an M6 baseplate, it only took a month for them to get back
>> to me.  Maybe they want you to come to New Jersey and hang out near the
>> service office, the same way you'd attend a Delphic oracle.
>> 
>> I wonder why they don't answer those emails sooner - parts must be a big
>> business for them, since a baseplate (if I remember) was $264.
>> 
>> On Wednesday, October 4, 2000, at 07:32 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
>> 
>> At 03:56 PM 10/4/2000 -0700, Jim Brick wrote:
>>> Pick up the phone and call Leica  (201) 767-7500  and ask for parts. They
>>> will either sell or send free an M6 manual.
>> 
>> A lot of folks, myself include, are telephone-phobic.  Leica ought to
>> answer their e-mails.
>>