M9 dent on top, cost to repair or replace?

[jaapv]

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Not a good idea to buy this camera as it is. It may be easy to replace a top plate by one from eBay, but you will be hard put to find a repair shop that is willing to open up  digital M. Sending it to Leica will not be too cheap.

 

BUT;

 

An impact strong enough to cause a substantial dent can easily cause invisible damage, like a deformed or cracked bodyshell. You would never find it by lookng at the outside. In that case add a considerable number of hundreds of Euros to the repair cost.

I would only buy it if the seller had it sorted by Leica beforehand. Otherwise: look elsewhere.

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[Raid Amin]

Jaap: this is a thread from 2012. Just mentioning it.

[jaapv]

Ah - thanks; I didn't see that    Well let's classify it as a general remark. The camera in question has probably been repaired or buried long ago.