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flatfour · 02/27/08, 07:08 PM

darkstar - With respect I don't think you have ever been in manufacturing business yourself or you would know that maufacturers build in warranty expectations - very high on new products. Some of the Leica recalls will be offset by compensation from suppliers. I should be surprised if Leica were put out by the level of problems on the Digilux 2 and the M8. The greatest problem with product recalls is product image. Only customers can say twhether that has been excessively adverse. I have had several Canon products some of which have had faults and each time I learnt that I was not alone and many had had the same fault. One of these was a chip problem which was paid for by the chip manufacturer including the rectification and carriage. It's not all bad news for Leica, but clearly they would rather not have product recalls.

02/27/08, 07:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
flatfour Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 09/23/04 Posts: 1,045	Re: Rising Prices from Leica? darkstar - With respect I don't think you have ever been in manufacturing business yourself or you would know that maufacturers build in warranty expectations - very high on new products. Some of the Leica recalls will be offset by compensation from suppliers. I should be surprised if Leica were put out by the level of problems on the Digilux 2 and the M8. The greatest problem with product recalls is product image. Only customers can say twhether that has been excessively adverse. I have had several Canon products some of which have had faults and each time I learnt that I was not alone and many had had the same fault. One of these was a chip problem which was paid for by the chip manufacturer including the rectification and carriage. It's not all bad news for Leica, but clearly they would rather not have product recalls.