Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 35-70mm f2.8 Vario-Elmar
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <joseph@yao.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:21:58 +0800

on 10/3/01 4:53 AM, Simmy at simmy@simonscameras.com wrote:

> As soon as I  became aware of the situation, I immediately contacted Joseph
> Yao by email to inform him that I could not conclude the offer to him.  And,
> as Arthur has mentioned, a verbal contract is as good as a written one. And
> that verbal contract was indeed honored by us to the first buyer.

You mean a verbal contract is better than the written one you sent me?  And
no, you did not contact me immediately.  You contacted me 2.5 hours later.

> Finally, if people were that interested in this lens, then why didn't they
> contact the Canadian distributor for Leica. I am sure they would have either
> given our name or had us contact them.

I wrote to Jack Arno at Lisle-Kelco (like@like.ca) some time ago and I have
yet to hear from him.  In fact I have written to ALL Leica distributors in
the world, and many had no idea the lens has been discontinued.

Joseph Yao

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