Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] PESO: RG Lewis and Leica M frustrations
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 06:27:52 +0200
References: <CDC15DA6.9D56%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Take your meds, Mark.

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On May 21, 2013, at 11:21 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Congrats Nathan  this has got to be terrific for you.
> A triumph!
> 
> 
> On 5/21/13 6:18 AM, "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> 
>> I walked from my hotel to the Holborn Tube station this morning, and on 
>> the
>> way, as is my habit, I stopped by RG Lewis on Southampton Row, one of 
>> London's
>> best-known Leica dealers. I have been coming in his shop for at least 10
>> years, and usually we have a chat. This time he was telling about his woes
>> with the new M 240. He has one in the shop, a demo. Since they were
>> introduced, he has received and sold 7, all of which have been recalled 
>> for
>> the lug issue. He was utterly frustrated about the fact that there simply 
>> no
>> new Leica product to sell--the M is vaporware, the ME also, the M9 is
>> discontinued, so for anyone wanting to buy a new Leica M the options are 
>> very
>> limited. He told me of another dealer, in Mayfair, that is having cash 
>> flow
>> problems--not having product to sell and paying Mayfair rents is a deadly
>> combination.
>> 
>> And to top it off, Leica is being extremely arrogant towards its dealers,
>> basically telling them to just be happy they are Leica dealers and to 
>> shut up.
>> 
>> Conclusion: brilliant products, lousy customer relations and even worse
>> communications skills.
>> 
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/390823669_759797.jpg.html>
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> (sent from somewhere)
>> 
>> 
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