Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] leica repair nightmare
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 20:34:18 -0400

Kyle:

Even their repair costs seems high.  Kindermann in Canada, the former Leica 
distributor, does a CLA on an M3 for about $250 CAD (~$160USD).

Regards,

Robert

(At 05:17 PM 1/31/2002 -0500, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
>so i drop off one of my leicas for them to use.
>two weeks later, i get an invoice in the mail for $400 (more than i paid for
>the lens). and on the invoice it says "adjust shutter mechanism" -- and my
>35mm lens does not, as far as i know, have a "shutter mechanism" of any
>type. so i call the store and say "what the hell is going on?" they type up
>my invoice number and say "the shutter mech needed adjusting" i said "my
>lens doesn't have a shutter". he says "this is for a leica m3." i said "my
>leica m3 was not broken. my leica m3 was working perfectly.

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