Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oh god, what is a horrible repair shop you get there partner Olivier >From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: RE: [Leica] leica repair nightmare >Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:57:07 -0500 > >Well, assuming you never signed a repair order, I'd say you should have a >free $400 shutter adjustment from Germany - of course that sounds like it >should be the price of a new shutter, but then I realize it probably went >to >Leica. ;-) > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Kyle >Cassidy >Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:17 PM >To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' >Subject: [Leica] leica repair nightmare > > >about a year ago i banged my cos-vogt 35 1.7 and knocked the bottom plate >loose. this plate, i discovered, is used to focus the lens. so, the lens no >longer focused properly. finally, i got tired of using the jupiter again, >so >i took the cos-vogt to the local repair shoppe and asked if they could >re-adjust the focus. two days later they call and ask if i can bring my >camera in so that they can measure the distance to the focal plane while >they're adjusting the film. 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. it was the lens >that was not working." this guy didn't have any idea what i was talking >about. he said he'd look around for the lens and call me back. i figured >this wasn't the place for me to get anything fixed so i say "look, you go >ahead and look for the lens, i'm coming by to get my camera." he says >"well, >i think ... i think your camera is in germany." > >kc >-- >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 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html