GarageBoy
Well-known
Camera Barn- I remember seeing those ads in one of the many modern photography magazines I had lying aroundI owned a M4-2 for over 20 years before selling it to Blake. (BTW, you still owe me $100 you frickin' redneck.)
I bought mine new. Paid $600 dollars. It did come with a pinhole in one of the shutter curtains. Leica USA was kind enough to replace it and get it back to me in less then two weeks at the time. Leica had an office in the Gulf-Western Building on Columbus Circle here in NYC. I brought it to them with a couple of contact sheets and negatives, and they took care of it. Why didn't I just return it to the shop where I purchased it? I worked at the shop, Camera Barn, and policy was if you bought something, and something was wrong, you had to deal with the manufacturer. Other then the pinhole, that camera performed flawlessly for the remainder of the time it was in my possession.
Who were the other premier NYC shops at the time?