raid
Dad Photographer
Oh well, then it is some other factor that has resulted in my M9 still not being returned.
Huss
Veteran
This thread reinforces Leica's wise business decision to keep releasing limited edition cameras.
Limited edition cameras are bought by collectors who never use them. And they are sold for a premium over the regular cameras.
If they are never used, there will never be any warranty claims.
No warranty claims = maximum profit.
Hence, it is in Leica's interest that people do not actually use their cameras.
This is why Leica is not in the photography business. They are in the bauble business.
Photographers look elsewhere.
Limited edition cameras are bought by collectors who never use them. And they are sold for a premium over the regular cameras.
If they are never used, there will never be any warranty claims.
No warranty claims = maximum profit.
Hence, it is in Leica's interest that people do not actually use their cameras.
This is why Leica is not in the photography business. They are in the bauble business.
Photographers look elsewhere.
Emile de Leon
Well-known
Leica is good at...well...selling ice to...you know...lol..
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
It is not how blitzcreaged Leica was from Leica Deutschland. DHL, pigeon mail... It is why and where some shipments are in stuck at customs.
Yours old shipping/receiving guy, Ko.
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
I bet shipping from Mexico is quicker 
Truckloads of Black and Decker drills and weed-whackers rumble in every day.
In my email from Leica, I found it odd that they said the repair was being forwarded to a "third party". And in the Invoice, it said "sent to Germany for sensor replacement". Is Leica Germany a third party?
One other thing I noticed in my Invoice.... they said the camera was sent to Germany 3/13. Ummm, that's the day I received the email.
So. if I understand correctly Leica NJ received my camera early August 2017. Then set it on a shelf until early March 2018, then decided to send it to Germany.
As mentioned in posts above, I have been rather patient and understanding with Leica. The M9 "incident" was obviously a bigger problem than they thought. However, my "understanding" has dropped significantly over the last 24 hours. Really too bad. No M10 for me.
Truckloads of Black and Decker drills and weed-whackers rumble in every day.In my email from Leica, I found it odd that they said the repair was being forwarded to a "third party". And in the Invoice, it said "sent to Germany for sensor replacement". Is Leica Germany a third party?
One other thing I noticed in my Invoice.... they said the camera was sent to Germany 3/13. Ummm, that's the day I received the email.
So. if I understand correctly Leica NJ received my camera early August 2017. Then set it on a shelf until early March 2018, then decided to send it to Germany.
As mentioned in posts above, I have been rather patient and understanding with Leica. The M9 "incident" was obviously a bigger problem than they thought. However, my "understanding" has dropped significantly over the last 24 hours. Really too bad. No M10 for me.
jszokoli
Well-known
Well 9 months (36 weeks) after I sent my Monochrom in I just received notification that it's on it's way back to me. My ME was way faster than that.
I've really missed my Monochrom.
Joe
I've really missed my Monochrom.
Joe