Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/27

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Subject: [Leica] KEH
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri Feb 27 11:21:40 2009
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That has been my experience as well. KEH and B&H are the two big shops  
in the US that I patronize.

Nathan

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On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:15 PM, rob mcclure wrote:

> Marc,
>
> My experience with KEH has been just the opposite.  Since late  
> 1990's (well after your experiences) I have probably bought $5000  
> worth of equipment and maybe 25 orders.  With only one or 2  
> exceptions, the items have been better than graded and worked  
> perfectly.  With the couple exceptions, they handled the issue  
> quickly.  I like their 15 day any reason return and 60 day  
> warranty.  Much safer than buying on ebay, IMHO.
>
> Rob
> On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:19 PM, Marc James Small wrote:
>
>> At 06:35 PM 2/26/2009, Charcot wrote:
>> >Just my $0.02 - KEH has very good prices, grading that is on the
>> >button.  Don't try to sell to them as they pay out bottom dollar -  
>> but
>> >I've have nothing but praise for buying from KEH.
>>
>> I've refused to do business with KEH since the early 1990's after  
>> they sent me five mis-identified and mis-graded items.  They may  
>> have corrected their ways since then, buy five times burned was  
>> enough for me.  They DID take the items back and DID refund my  
>> money but enough was enough and I've never since considered giving  
>> them my business.  I even asked that they quit sending me their  
>> catalogue, which they promptly did.
>>
>> If they've they improved their ways, that is great.  It would seem  
>> a simple matter to sort out an Exakta BM lens from an M42 lens but  
>> that was a huge challenge for them in 1992.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
>> msmall@aya.yale.edu
>> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Noctilux value question)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Noctilux value question)
Message from charcot at comcast.net (Charcot) ([Leica] Noctilux value question)
Message from marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] KEH)
Message from rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure) ([Leica] KEH)