Re: [Leica] 35-70mm f2.8 Vario-Elmar

["Simmy" <simmy@simonscameras.com>]

Joseph,

Please  re-read my posting very carefully so as not to misquote me again.
I did not say that a verbal contract is better, I said, "a verbal contract
is as good as a written one".
In reply to your perception of  a time delay of 2.5 hours, I said, " As soon
as I became aware of the situation, I immediately contacted Joseph Yao to
inform..."  Here is the time frame:
11:27AM  last email with credit card number sent to me. This was opened
after my return to the store at approximately 1:00PM. I then started to make
the bill and  before I obtained authorization for the card I was informed of
the situation. Thus the time delay is less than 15 minutes.
This is my final response to this matter.
Thank you,

Simmy

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com>
To: Leica User Group <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: Simmy <simmy@simonscameras.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 35-70mm f2.8 Vario-Elmar


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