Leica M-P new/display/refurb

[RayD28]

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Dealer offered to sell a "code Q" to me. Told it was a Leica display model and come with full warranty but is $1,000 less than list. Questions:

 

Anyone hear of the code Q?

Does it come with full warranty?

Is it a refurb?

Advice?

 

All replays appreciated.

[jim0266]

I purchased my Leica M-E from a well-known Leica vendor I remember them calling a QC2. Supposedly it had some sort of cosmetic flaw, but I could never see anything. It came as new but was around $800 less than the current full price for the M-E. 

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[Bentham]

I purchased my Leica M-E from a well-known Leica vendor I remember them calling a QC2. Supposedly it had some sort of cosmetic flaw, but I could never see anything. It came as new but was around $800 less than the current full price for the M-E. 

 

Same: I bought a QC2 M 240 in Sept. 2014 from a very reputable Leica dealer in the USA complete with full 2 year warranty. Brand-new, not a refurb. To this day I have no idea what the cosmetic flaw is, was (and still am) very happy to have saved ~$1000 off list price. 

[LocalHero1953]

My M240 was the same. I would never have known, without the sticker on the outer plain card box, that it was a Q version.

[kenf]

Same here - mine was a great value.

[Exodies]

I keep saying this. My dealer told me that the Q items had been taken out of the manufacturing process after packaging and opened and tested for some ISO (9000?) quality control mechanism. The rules of this QC system are that there is no side-door entrance back into the manufacturing process so the  sampled items have to be sold cheaper. They are not damaged; they have just followed a different path through construction. It has the ring of truth for me because I can't believe Leica would sell damaged goods (knowingly).

[Herr Barnack]

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$1000 off with a full 2 year warranty?  I'd be willing to take a chance on that!

 

But the reality is that you are not talking a chance to begin with...

[Mute-on]

Be aware that list price may be universally discounted in anticipation of an M-P 240 update. In other words, perhaps $1000 off "list" is not a true saving on non-Q stock.

 

 

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Edited August 3, 2016 by Mute-on