spylaw4 Posted February 14, 2008 Share #21 Posted February 14, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes it was Ivor, I didn't know his name, but the large fellow with curly hair formerly of the Classic Camera is him. (I bet he has some stories to tell). And I wish I could say exactly where I was at the time, I was meandering up and down the side streets and not really paying attention. I guess I was about 10 minutes walking from Old Street Tube station towards C. London. Facing Central London the shop was on the left side of the road. Their URL (reddotcamera.co.uk) was plastered on the window but at the moment its only a holding page on GoDaddy's servers. Ho hum - this morning's exercise will be up and down Old Street then! Report to be filed later! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 14, 2008 Posted February 14, 2008 Hi spylaw4, Take a look here Red Dot Camera on Old Street. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
delander † Posted February 14, 2008 Share #22 Posted February 14, 2008 Very strange - we now only have two leica premier dealers in central London - RG Lewis and Richard Caplan. … Add to this the closing down of Wey Cameras last year (no replacement dealership announced). Is this a trend? Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted February 14, 2008 Share #23 Posted February 14, 2008 While it's true that there are only two 'premier' dealers in central London, according to the Leica web site, there are four more 'authorised' dealers -- Calumet (Euston), Kingsley (Tottenham Ct Rd), Jacobs (New Oxf St), and Harrods (!). Calumet has recently become a Leica dealer (according to recent Calumet ads). So perhaps it is not all decline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted February 14, 2008 Share #24 Posted February 14, 2008 Ho hum - this morning's exercise will be up and down Old Street then! Report to be filed later! Later .... located! It's about 5-10 mins from Old Street tube station - take the exit towards St Luke's Centre and it is just beyond St L on the opposite side of the road. Buses would be 55 (from outside Jacobs, New Oxford St.) or 243 from Waterloo via Holborn (Central Street stop is nearest). Nice small modern shop at the bottom of a recently completed infill block. Very pleasant welcome. Quite good stock - all 2nd hand at the moment (tempting!) - LTM, M and some R cameras, lenses and accessories - but the new stuff arrived from Leica as I was there so by later today or the weekend it should be all systems go. Ivor reckons that the website will be up in about 2 weeks - lot of shots of the gear have to be taken first. Phone 020 7490 8444 - sales@reddotcameras.co.uk - no harm in a small plug is there! (Usual disclaimers) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arminw Posted February 14, 2008 Share #25 Posted February 14, 2008 Thanks for the Info Brian . I live nearby and have a look at the weekend . Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted February 14, 2008 Share #26 Posted February 14, 2008 Ditto - I'd like to trade in my good but very heavy Canadian 90 cron for a lighter 90 - considering the Elmarit... Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted February 14, 2008 Share #27 Posted February 14, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well let's just hope Ivor isn't going to apply the same levels of TCC 'customer service' at his new venture. I wonder if the s/h stock is 'new' or stuff from TCC? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
masjah Posted February 14, 2008 Share #28 Posted February 14, 2008 OK so is it definitive that TCC is no longer an official Leica dealer (let alone a premier one)? I looked on their web site to look at new R lenses, and only four were there, as if they were selling existing new stock only - at very high full list prices that no-one else seems to charge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted February 14, 2008 Share #29 Posted February 14, 2008 Well let's just hope Ivor isn't going to apply the same levels of TCC 'customer service' at his new venture. I wonder if the s/h stock is 'new' or stuff from TCC? Didn't seem to be when I was in - just him and his wife (and an visiting IT guy sorting something out). No idea of the 2nd hand source, but I think he left TCC some months ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericperlberg Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share #30 Posted February 14, 2008 OK so is it definitive that TCC is no longer an official Leica dealer (let alone a premier one)? I looked on their web site to look at new R lenses, and only four were there, as if they were selling existing new stock only - at very high full list prices that no-one else seems to charge! If you go to the Leica Dealer Locator and type in info for central London The Classic Camera doesn't show up in the results though Caplan, Lewis, Harrods, Calumet etc do. Circumstantial evidence but if they were, you'd think they'd be on this list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeds1977 Posted February 14, 2008 Share #31 Posted February 14, 2008 I'm new to Leicas - bought an M8 from RG Lewis in November. Since then I have bought a couple of great new lenses from TCC - A voigtlander Color Skopar 21/4 and a Zeiss T Sonnar 50/1.5. So I can confoirm that they now stock Zeiss and Voigtlander lenses - and Nikon too. Its a lovely shop - much better service than RG Lewis, who I am annoyed with because they made a big deal about prices going up. Apparently lat November was my last chance to get a M8 at the "old price". lol. I'd be really disappointed if TCC were being pushed out into the cold by Leica. Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 14, 2008 Share #32 Posted February 14, 2008 Add to this the closing down of Wey Cameras last year (no replacement dealership announced). Is this a trend? Jeff The closing down of Wey Cameras (my nearest Premier dealership) had nothing to do with Leica. The owner was retiring and nobody wanted to take the business on. Leica introduced the Premier dealer model a couple of years ago. It put a number of midrange dealers noses out of joint, because they were told that there were only a limited number of Premier slots, and that the Premier dealers would get first call on new stock, etc. Some dropped out then - RAP in Camberley, for instance, because they thought that the Premier dealers would mop up all the new business. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted February 14, 2008 Share #33 Posted February 14, 2008 I'd be really disappointed if TCC were being pushed out into the cold by Leica. More likely, somebody at Classic Camera woke up and realised that there is a whole photographic market outside of Leica that they can profitably sell to. I don't blame them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodda Posted February 14, 2008 Share #34 Posted February 14, 2008 Great to TCC selling VOckj and Nikon. Most of us haev more than Leica and would prefer to buy all at same place if at right price and service levels and knowledge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted February 14, 2008 Share #35 Posted February 14, 2008 Yes it was Ivor, I didn't know his name, but the large fellow with curly hair formerly of the Classic Camera is him. (I bet he has some stories to tell). ...though I imagine they'd be largely of the selling-people-cameras variety? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted February 14, 2008 Share #36 Posted February 14, 2008 I am not going to name any sources, but it was Leica who dumped The Classic Camera,not just because of the owners strange attitude to customers but other issues that Leica did not find amusing. I alluded to this happening in a thread a few weeks ago, but it got lost in the upgrade hypertension. It will be interesting to see how he fairs, without a premium exclusive brand. Secondhand Leicas are hardly a money spinner and anybody wanting a Nikon would do much better at Jacobs or Jessops. Good luck to Ivan, he was the only person in TCC who chewed the fat with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted February 14, 2008 Share #37 Posted February 14, 2008 ..........Its a lovely shop - much better service than RG Lewis, who I am annoyed with because they made a big deal about prices going up. Apparently lat November was my last chance to get a M8 at the "old price". lol.[snip] Prices going up do reduce sales especially if the dealer doesn't have a large amount of stock on hand to sell at the old price. Although RG Lewis may not have the stock of Classic Camera they are very good at obtaining items quickly. They managed to locate a WATE finder and one of the last Tri-Elmars when others couldn't supply. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted February 14, 2008 Share #38 Posted February 14, 2008 Signs of activity on Red Dot Cameras :: Leica Specialist in London Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted February 14, 2008 Share #39 Posted February 14, 2008 Who's going to tell them about the spelling mistake? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted February 14, 2008 Share #40 Posted February 14, 2008 Who's going to tell them about the spelling mistake? Which one(s)...? Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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