Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mehrdad: Personal stuff. Overwhelmed him. I'm not comfortable publishing more than this. Regards, Bob On Jun 20, 2008, at 11:03 PM, mehrdad wrote: so what happend On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:11 PM, rsphoto's email <rsphotoimages@comcast.net> wrote: > I bought my R8, R9, 28-90 Asph, 70-180 APO, Metz flash, recharger, > Motor > Drive etc. etc from him a very fair prices and excellent service. > Drove to > Bellingham WA and met him before the investment (don't get me wrong > - it was > an insurance settlement for theft which bough all that Lecia kit...). > > He was a shooter himself (both R and M and Canon digital). An > absolutely > amazing inventory of really nice used Leica M an R stuff, a lot of > it "as > new'. Including the Sultan of Brunei 18ct gold presentation M lens > which I > held in my hot little hands. Damn right, it was heavy. And all the > Leica > APO glass you could ever want. > > On the matter of being no longer in business; there's a story here > that I > know a bit about. It's a sad tale and a bit of a shame. > > To paraphrase Maroln Brando's line in "On The Waterfront", "...he > coulda > been a contender ..." > > I'm not comfortable expanding on this further. And I really miss > going to > that amazing little 2nd floor shop literally bursting with new and > used > Leicas, Rollies, Hassy's, etc. > > Things change. > > > Bob > > > > On Jun 20, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > > KBCamera has been out of business for much longer then February. > It's more > like 9 months to a year. They still maintained their classic web > site with > leica lens and camera reviews and serial number lists, but as soon > as you > tried to link to their sales site you would get error messages. This > is the > helpful site that Ric mentioned. About 6 or 8 months ago a couple of > their > items like a filter or other small items could be purchased through > Amazon > but the merchandise was never delivered. At that time there were many > feedback messages posted calling KBCamera a fraud that never shipped > purchased items. My dealings with KBCamera were always very good but > that > was over a year ago. I have no knowledge that they were ever > fraudulent but > that was the opinion of some of the people that tried to make > purchases. > > Len > > > > On Jun 20, 2008, at 8:49 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > >> At 08:38 PM 6/20/2008, you wrote: >>> >>> Has something happened to KBCamera? >>> >>> I was trying to look up something on their VERY helpful website, and >>> cannot raise them on the web. >>> >>> Ric >> >> Rangefinder forum says they went out of business in February. >> >> Tina >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information