Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/22

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Subject: [Leica] Does Leica actually want to sell cameras?
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Nov 22 08:03:47 2008
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Hi, all

Interestingly enough, one of the Leica customer relations staff was seen 
on German TV a while ago - as a candidate in "Who want's to be a 
millionaire" - he was too slow answering the initial questions to have 
his chance to win a million.

Cheers
Douglas

Lluis Ripoll wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
>
> I can only say that I think that Leica has also changed as our world 
> too, my experience with Leica or Leitz....? on the 80's was fantastic, 
> I've purchased a Pradovit with the CF lens, when I've used at home I 
> was not absolutely convinced about if the CF lens was better than the 
> normal lens, Leica / Leitz..? has sand me free a normal lens with the 
> pupose I try both and return the one I don't want.
>
> Do you think that this is possible today?
>
> Maybe look if Leica has on the website the typical FAQS, today 
> everything is automatically solved. Where are the persons?
>
> Saludos cordiales
> Lluis
>
> El 22/11/2008, a las 6:52, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:
>
>> On Wednesday morning I e-mailed info@leica-camera.com. In my message 
>> I indicated that I was considering buying an M8 and asked some 
>> questions about the warranty cover. I even wrote the message in 
>> German to make it nice and easy for the folks in Solms.
>>
>> Now it is Saturday morning and I have not received any kind of reply. 
>> Now, it would seem to me that when you put your e-mail address on a 
>> web site for people to ask questions, you should also monitor it. And 
>> when somebody writes with questions relating to a probable purchase 
>> of a rather expensive product in these times of crisis, one would 
>> think that someone from the sales department would answer rather 
>> quickly. Again, my questions are not complicated, and they are posed 
>> in Leica's Muttersprache.
>>
>> So...are all the Solms people busy designing new lenses and do not 
>> have time to answer queries?
>>
>> How have others experienced Leica's pre-sales?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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