We're talking about a spilled milk issue though, aren't we? I doubt you could even do so much as sue them and win now =( Cheers Ecke
2010/5/18 P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: > B&H photo gives you a week or so, (I can't remember how long exactly), and a > couple hundred exposures before giving you a problem with a return. Dead > after 20 exposures, is well within that return policy. > > On 5/18/2010 2:12 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >> Post Katrina there were no places in this part of the state stocking the >> M8. I bought it from B&H and was referred to Leica since it did not arrive >> dead on arrival. It took about 20 exposures before it died. >> >> >> On May 18, 2010, at 12:51 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> >>> >>> From: Jeffery Smith >>> >>>> >>>> I got flamed on the Leica Users Group forum for mentioning this, but >>>> my M8's were anything but reliable. My first one died after about a >>>> week, and Leica ignored all of my phone calls and emails until I >>>> finally contacted the president of the company personally. If you >>>> aren't a professional photographer, you can forget about customer >>>> service from Leica. You don't exist. The second M8 body would not >>>> recognize any of the memory cards I used. Leica blamed the memory >>>> cards and refused to repair or replace the camera. I bought every >>>> different brand of memory card listed as compatible on Leica's site, >>>> and all gave me a "no memory card" error until I removed the battery, >>>> waited a few minutes, and then reinserted the battery (which >>>> apparently rebooted the camera). I had to repeat this every time I >>>> wanted to shoot a frame. Once the camera was turned off or turned >>>> itself off, the no memory card error reappeared. Until a new >>>> firmware upgrade appeared last year, the M8 just sat in a drawer. The >>>> firmware upgrade seems to have fixed the memory card problem. >>>> >>> >>> Who did you buy the camera from? I mean, NYC mail-order, local dealer or >>> direct from Leica USA? >>> >>> If I bought a camera that only worked for a week, I'd start with whoever >>> I bought it from, and put the onus on them to make it right. Same for one >>> that wouldn't work at all from the get-go. >>> >>> The dealer should have more leverage with the manufacturer, and if they >>> don't it's still not MY problem. They sold it, they're responsible for >>> making good. >>> >>> I prefer to deal locally whenever I can, simply because if something DOES >>> go wrong, I get more stress relief if there's someone I can look in the eye >>> while I'm yelling at him. >>> >>> I had some problems one time with a major NYC mail-order house getting a >>> problem fixed, but in retrospect the problem had more to do with the >>> difficulties of trying to communicate three ways (dealer, manufacturer& me) >>> across 9 time zones by email. They did finally understood the problem and >>> got it sorted out for me. >>> >>> I would, and have bought from them since then ... when I couldn't find >>> what I wanted locally. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
