Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] Minor additional woe
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 18:12:05 +0200
References: <5C7ABDCC-018D-4934-A61A-B9F9CB407EEB@acm.org> <F2DFBE7C-2CAC-4233-ACF9-F9FAA24EABA3@mac.com>

AFAIK Marketing is now the top level and covers 
customer relations, repairs, returns, complaints and 
technical matters.

Cheers
Douglas

On 07.08.2015 18:10, Adam Bridge wrote:
> Wait a moment here. Your support call was forward to MARKETING?
>
> This may be the most grim news out of Leica I?ve heard.
>
> How is this even remotely a marketing issue? It?s technical. It?s about a 
> change after a software update.
>
> Egad.
>
> Adam
>
>> On Aug 6, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
>>
>> As soon as I installed the new firmware in my M, the ?info? button 
>> produced, in additional to the standard information, an ominous message 
>> in red: ?Check battery age?.
>>
>> I called Leica tech support, my theory, in view of the expired firmware, 
>> being that they sent me a camera that had been sitting a long time on the 
>> shelf. But the tech guy said that the M (240) had not been in existence 
>> long enough for a battery to elicit that message. (I wonder that what 
>> battery characteristic the firmware is measuring). So he is fielding my 
>> complaint to the marketing people and I await a phone call.
>>
>> Herb
>>
>> Herbert Kanner
>> kanner at acm.org
>> 650-326-8204
>>
>> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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