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I just canceled my nov21 order with B&H & oct12 order with “The Camera Store”.

 

I should have my life back to normal. No more checking my order status every 2 hours. No more thinking about when it will arrive. I can't do my work; I can’t sleep; I keep checking the forum to see if anyone is getting his or her order shipped. I need my life back. I rather wait patiently until I see them in stock in Vancouver when ever that may be.

 

I just continue to use my non-Leica gear for now. My Leica Lens will just have to be hidden and locked up. So Sad i have to do this to them. It's either this or I will die.

 

M9 is killing me. :(

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I just canceled my nov21 order with B&H & oct12 order with “The Camera Store”.

 

I should have my life back to normal. No more checking my order status every 2 hours. No more thinking about when it will arrive. I can't do my work; I can’t sleep; I keep checking the forum to see if anyone is getting his or her order shipped. I need my life back. I rather wait patiently until I see them in stock in Vancouver when ever that may be.

 

I just continue to use my non-Leica gear for now. My Leica Lens will just have to be hidden and locked up. So Sad i have to do this to them. It's either this or I will die.

 

M9 is killing me. :(

Gosh, wonder how you must have felt as a teenager when a girl did not return your call :D

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Sorry for your frustration. I am going through the same thing, but my M9 is on its way via slow ground shipping thanks to the cheap shipping method of my vendor (who misinformed me about shipping method...boo).

 

I hope that you find some peace of mind after all of this. The M9 will be in stock eventually, and you'll have yours when the time's right...

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For those of us on lists with smaller dealers, it really does suck. I've never bought anything Leica from my local dealer (though I buy other things through them) and got on their list because I wanted local support, even if it meant paying sales tax. They are getting one a month, have gotten two now in total, and I'll probably see mine in February.:mad: Fortunately I've got a stable of film Leicas...so I won't die.:D

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I just canceled my nov21 order with B&H & oct12 order with “The Camera Store”.

 

I should have my life back to normal. No more checking my order status every 2 hours. No more thinking about when it will arrive. I can't do my work; I can’t sleep; I keep checking the forum to see if anyone is getting his or her order shipped. I need my life back. I rather wait patiently until I see them in stock in Vancouver when ever that may be.

 

I just continue to use my non-Leica gear for now. My Leica Lens will just have to be hidden and locked up. So Sad i have to do this to them. It's either this or I will die.

 

M9 is killing me. :(

 

We have an S2 forum about a completely weather sealed studio camera that is not available and too expensive for almost everyone, anyway; an X1 forum about the most expensive p&s camera of all times that is unfortunately not available, either; and an M9 forum about a seriously flawed camera that is available in principle although not quite so for most people who want one. Then there is the M8 forum about a camera that is supposed to have become obsolete by the above mentioned M9 although it still takes great pcitures. And we have absolutely no forum at all for the R system which also takes great pictures but unfortunately has been abandoned by Leica - for the S2. :rolleyes:

 

So, make your choice which forum(s) not to watch, and just relax. :D

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my commiserations..really..i've waited over 2 months already for mine.

 

my dealer called me today and left a voicemail, "please call back about your m9"..and then hung up. when i called back they said, "we're sorry to have kept you waiting for so long and PROMISE to deliver it to you within two months"

 

sigh..

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Manfred - I'm curious as to how you can say, in side-by-side sentences, that the M9 is "seriously flawed" while the M8 "still takes great pictures."

 

The M9 takes pictures AT LEAST AS "great" as those from the M8. Either they both are seriously flawed - or they both take great pictures (or, more accurately, a competent photographer can use either one equally to create great pictures).

 

"....a seriously flawed camera that is available in principle although not quite so for most people who want one." reminds me (yet again) of the Woody Allen joke about two elderly women talking at a resort hotel:

 

"The food here is just terrible," says one. "Yes, and such small portions!" says the other.

 

It takes a curiously twisted logic to complain about (or comment on) not being able to get enough of a bad thing.

 

On the original post: I'm always amused when someone has to treat photography forums as another Facebook or MySpace to publicly wallow in their own insecurities, neuroses and obsessions. It's really something that should stay between you and your therapist.

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We have an S2 forum about a completely weather sealed studio camera that is not available and too expensive for almost everyone, anyway; an X1 forum about the most expensive p&s camera of all times that is unfortunately not available, either; and an M9 forum about a seriously flawed camera that is available in principle although not quite so for most people who want one. Then there is the M8 forum about a camera that is supposed to have become obsolete by the above mentioned M9 although it still takes great pcitures. And we have absolutely no forum at all for the R system which also takes great pictures but unfortunately has been abandoned by Leica - for the S2. :rolleyes:

 

So, make your choice which forum(s) not to watch, and just relax. :D

 

LoL Seriously flawed M9 and great M8. Is this guy even for real?

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We have an S2 forum about a completely weather sealed studio camera that is not available and too expensive for almost everyone, anyway; an X1 forum about the most expensive p&s camera of all times that is unfortunately not available, either; and an M9 forum about a seriously flawed camera that is available in principle although not quite so for most people who want one. Then there is the M8 forum about a camera that is supposed to have become obsolete by the above mentioned M9 although it still takes great pcitures. And we have absolutely no forum at all for the R system which also takes great pictures but unfortunately has been abandoned by Leica - for the S2. :rolleyes:

 

So, make your choice which forum(s) not to watch, and just relax. :D

Which proves that it is amazing that we pay attention at all to the stuff Leica makes for us (or claims that they are planning to). They have their marketing sorted out to perfection:D

 

I agree that the M8 is the apex of perfection

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