Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dans un courrier daté du 08/03/01 08:46:27 Paris, Madrid, smpat@btinternet.com a écrit : << Just to help put this in perspective - I had a very similar experience last month when I tried to buy a house in London. I made an offer, it was accepted, I arranged for a solicitor and a survey (at my cost)... and then received a call telling me the house had been sold by another agent in the same office to someone else! Further attempts to purchase (at a higher price, of course) were unsuccessful. Most of the world is aware that the UK housing market is a shambles (it is amazing to me that a deal is never done until the very last moment) and the estate agents manage to be both incompetent and corrupt at the same time (reminding me of a favourite quote from an old movie - "How can you be a mouthpiece and an **shole at the same time?") We need to be aware that the Leica people we deal with come from a wide spectrum as well. The entire experience has soured me to the point that I will probably not buy property here (this year, at least). In a similar way, there is one Leica dealer in London that I will not purchase from again. Nothing fraudulent on their part - I just don't like the way they do business. While I understand the frustrations involved in the "zoom affair", and while I am more sympathetic to a Leica user or collector than to someone who simply sees Leica as a commodity to be traded for profit ((i.e. a merchant of any sort) we must be aware that all of these positions are what makes the brand interesting and supports its long-term survival. Steve Patriquen London >> About the same happened to a friend with a very nice 69 Camaro . He sees the car for sale in a mag , calls the guy and tell him he will come in 2 days ( w.e .) to see the car . On the same day I tell him that for a very clean 69' , I'd go immediatly look at the car with cash advance , even at the cost of a sleepness night . 2 days after , we are at the buyer's home , looking at a wonderfull example , and the buyer is telling us that someone gave him a deposit . Of course the car was sold to the other guy !