Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Some of my early Leica R lens purchases were Grey Market. I would not buy a camera or anything else that is expensive with electronics Grey. That said, Delta International are pretty good people to buy from. Regards, Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: dnygr <dnygr@cshore.com> Date: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:53 pm Subject: [Leica] RE: buying advice--gray vs. US > Whether it's worth it to pay extra for a USA warranty from Leica > or to save money and buy gray market depends on what degree of > uncertainty you are willing to experience. > > While in Germany two years ago, I dropped my M6 with my 28 > summicron on it. Both camera and lens needed repair. The camera > was beyond its warranty, the lens was not. I was glad I had a > warranty, but I'm not sure the repairs would have cost as much as > I paid extra to purchase the lens with a warranty. > > Had I really smashed the lens up something terrible, there would > be no question that the warranty was worth it. > > Doug Nygren > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >