Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm with Emmanel on this. I would love to join the LHSA, but am outraged by the extortionate premium that they charge for Canadian members, as if there were no distinctions between postage from the U.S. to Canada as compared with U.S. to Katmandu. Mark > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:34:12 -0500 > From: "Emanuel Lowi" <mano@proxyma.net> > Subject: [Leica] Re: LHSA catalogue and other beefs > Message-ID: <200112131234.HAA07666@poseidon_2> > References: > > John Collier wrote: > > "We get that damn catalogue weeks after you get it in the US. Pretty much > useless by the time I see it. I have called on a number of items and always > the item is already gone. FINALLY they will have an electronic version which > they have promised to delay sending until they figure mail delivery has > occurred in the US. Possibly an improvement, we will have to wait and see. > > Great magazine but the rest is useless unless you reside in the US. That is > no problem but they should make an effort to no to annoy us foreigners > unduly. The only benefit I receive is the magazine which ends up costing me > $25US an issue." > > Here here, Brother John. I have shared this beef for a number of years and have taken > it up with several of the LHSA big-wigs a few times at the annual meeting. They say > Canadian memberships are considered foreign and their mailings are turned over to > some kind of postal mailing consolidation company (dunno what these are really > termed, sounds suspicious though) as a way of cutting costs. > > To add insult to injury, Canadian members are charged considerably more than USA > members for the privilege of this very late mail delivery - despite the fact that > using the usual USPS system direct would cost only a little more to Canada. > > Until the LHSA fixes this situation, Canadian and other "foreign" membership is a > mixed blessing. Reading about what juicy Leica bargains HAD been available doesn't > really turn me on the way it used to, and the $25 per issue "Viewfinder" is not a big > enough draw at this point. > > Funny how Americans are so adamant about viewing everybody else as foreigners, while > for the rest of the world, dealing with other countries is an everyday normal affair. > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal > - -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html