Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So, you now have an M3 that looks more like an M4-2 but cannot take a winder and is harder to load. That's a really bad week. I thought of sending a Nikon S2 to him, but he seemed like a flake to me. At one time a few years back, he crashed his hard drive, losing all of his contact information (he had no hard copies or backup), so he just waited for people to get in touch with him one by one. Not a great business man to be sure. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:10 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Long week.... My part in all of this is that I have an inexplicable fetish for black paint leica gear, and I covet the black paint m3 from the 50's big time. Realizing that I'll never be able to afford the real one, I decided to have a chrome one refinished by this guy in Japan. I've seen a few examples of his work, and it was very good. Everyone I talked to seemed very satisfied about making the decision to have him redo their camera. Long story short.... I get my camera back, after waiting 9 months. He painted my M3 matte black instead of the agreed upon regular gloss black enamel finish. He will not make good on his original agreement, he will not answer my emails. He did respond to the first one or two, telling me I should rub the camera with my hands and I will like it more. Yes, thats what he said exactly. No explanation about why he made the decision, a total of 3 emails from him during the 9 month wait. Btw, his site says he needs 2 months to do the job. Ha!! In the scheme of things this is not the worst thing in the world. While I think the camera is ugly as it is, it is a good user, and it is black. Adding M4 loading couild catapult it into user class in my bag so I can give my M2 a much needed rest. My 35 chron just lost it's infinity focus, my replacement lens is stuck in customs for no good reason, now this. Tough equipment week for me. Live and learn. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information