Re: Dealer Recommendations

[seungmin@luxmail.luxcom.com]

     Hi,
     
      I did have an unpleasant memory with Le Camera.  I had heard that Le 
     Camera had been pretty dependable and ordered a Contarex and a lens.  
     They held them up for about two weeks.  When I called to check why 
     they did not send them yet, they said they wanted to check the body if 
     it is working perfectly.  According to them it took them about one 
     week to check it out.  Finally they arrived.  The body had several 
     functional problem.  The slow shutter stuck occasionally with body and 
     lens indexing problem.  I called and sent it for repair.  It took 
     about a month for me to get it back with nothing done.  It came back 
     with the same old problems unfixed as it went out.  I called them 
     again and sent both the body and the lens this time for repair.  I had 
     to call almost everyday to remind them of me waiting for my body and 
     lens.  Finally I got them back last week.  I could not believe that 
     the body still had the slow-shutter-stuck problem.  This time they 
     fixed the indexing problem.  The owner offered to give me $100 for all 
     the troubles I had gone through.  As of yesterday, July 23, the credit 
     was not made.  It has been extremely hard to get hold of the owner.  
     The owner had never returned my call.  That's why I had to call almost 
     everyday.  He has been ignoring me for some reason.  I don't know if 
     he has been too busy to give me a call.  So it is still in my 
     possession with the mirror stuck up and the shutter stuck open.  I am 
     afraid that they might not give me the credit if I send them back.
      This story got a little lenthy but tells the story I have had.
     
     Regards,
     David

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Subject: Dealer Recommendations
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internetmail
Date:    7/23/97 9:11 PM


Hi, 
     
Does anyone in the group have any feedback to offer on either Wall Street 
Camera in New York or Le Camera in New Jersey as far as used leica gear. 
Being a west coaster I'd appreciate any advice you could offer.
     
Thanks,
     
Kent Smith
unipac@teleport.com
     
Portland, Oregon - The politically correct side of the continental divide!