Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] R8 motor-winder vs. drive (mo' better)
From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:16:32 -0400

I like Ted's advice as well.  I usually err on the other side--I'm too
passive and too accommodating, and so can tend to get stomped on if I'm not
careful.

Right now as I write this, I have a universal polarizer at Leica NJ that
fell apart on me.  It did this a few months after I bought it and I took it
to my local shop which kindly offered to ship it back for repair even
though, as far as I know, there is know warranty on this item (it DOES cost
a bundle, however).

Leica kept it for several weeks (at least two months) before returning it.
It seems they tightened it up a bit, but that was all, as after one
afternoon's use the polarizer fell apart again.  I took it back to the same
shop who again shipped it off to NJ.  That was two months ago.  I phoned the
local shop to get a status report; they phoned NJ for me, then called me
back to report that it was being worked on and would be 7-10 business days.

I'll wait and see what happens this time around, but if the polarizer still
isn't fixed, I'll be in a bit of quandary.  I suppose a call to NJ "calmly
and simply" explaining the situation will be the best course of action.  In
the end, all I want is a working polarizer--I don't care too much how I get
it.  I just miss having it, as I find it immensely useful!

Dan