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From: Acer Victoria <siddim01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Rebuttal on Repair recommendations
GREAT POINT , I REST MY CASE ... SAM ...
>Keep in mind as you read this that I don't mean to flame. I'm asking and
>responding, and can seem harsh. So, no flame, just my thoughts.
>
>On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Samuel Morales wrote:
>
>>I would like to paint a scenario if I can in regards to turn around time
>>whether it is Photosphere or CamTech (John Hermanson's) I have never
tried
>>CamTech mainly because of geographic location. I am sure he is an
>>outstanding camera technician and he's dedicated from what I have read.
>
>So you've never tried. But you say turnaround time doesn't matter. What's
>another couple days in the mail on top of the turnover once it reachs
>John?
>
>>If you were to go to a Doctor would you prefer to stand in the long line
or
>>the line to the Doctor's office with no one standing. I prefer to wait
the
>>extra time for quality of work.
>
>Non sequitur. If the fellow has a long line, then obviouly he's not good
>at time managment or scheduling appointments. If says "be here at 1" I'll
>be there at 1 and expect to see him shortly (as in within 15 minutes). You
>can further draw out that if he's no good at scheduling, his SECRETARY is
>crappy at the same. Crappy secretary->doctor doesn't care about
>standards->who know what he might diagnose you with or whatnot. I could go
>on and on and on. In short, turnaround time has no direct bearing on
>quality of work. Another thing is, John's workload is prolly higher given
>that he gets gear from all over the world. A local store, being a local
>store, serves locals, (how's that for redundancy) meaning smaller
>workload. In fact, they probably refer harder jobs to more experienced
>centres. This way, the simple stuff is taken care of, instead of all the
>junk ending up infront of a pro-fixer-upper.
>
> A camera from what I hear is very tedious
>>to work on and it's something that cannot be rushed. They are precision
>>instruments. Moreover there is a Technician shortage especially on the
>>older cameras. Many Technicians have left the field because there is no
>>money in it. From what I hear , there is more money to be made repairing
>>computers . They average repair time on a broken camera can be 4-5hrs ,
>>sometimes more. There is only 8 hours in a common work day , you can do
the
>>math.
>
>I had mentioned a simple CLA, not repair. I gather this post is in
>response to mine. If I wanted to fix up an OM, say a 4, that had gone
>beserk, I would by all means send it to Camtech. To CLA an OM1n, I'd
>rather not wait so long when I can get it done locally (and I did say that
>the store was excellant, like the B&H of Riverside). If I had the time and
>a second backup body, that's another matter. Even then, I would be
>hard-pressed to come to a rational decision to send it to NJ when I can
>get it done locally. Perhaps I would think different if I had more bodies.
>
>>Moreover , have you ever seen what Canon charges or Nikon charges for
their
>>repairs , you better sit down when you hear their estimates.
>
>No idea. Heck, why not toss Leica and Contax and MF and LF and
>Voightlander and all those German ones for that matter.
>
>>So , I say support Camtech and Photosphere they are a dying breed of
>>specialists.
>
>I never said otherwise. Or how's this: would you rather put extra work on
>them doing simple CLAs that can be handled locally just as well? I would
>rather have John working on more worthy repairs.
>
>>Also , everyone on this site should look into buying a brand new OM3Ti or
>>OM4Ti and support Olympus. Just think what the power of 1,000 OM3Ti's
>>selling in one day would be (probably not much). The reason they are so
>>expensive is because there is a very small market of Pro-35mm enthusiast
>>using them and the have to recover a profit. If it wasn't for Olympus's
>>Medical and Point and shoots , who knows what they would be. The same
with
>>the Canon EOS1n and Nikon's F-5. Point and shoot camera's out sells them
>>100-1.(a guess , not official stat)
>
>That would be utopia (not sure that's such a good idea to start with).
>Hey, why not all of us spring for Mitchell Gyro turntables, Omega
>speedmaster chronometers, Rolls-Royces, blah blah. Supply and demand,
>right? (with production volume and prestige to a smaller degree, altho all
>of them are intertwined). Nothin' wrong with p/s cameras either. We may,
>by virtue of being subscribers to this list, forget that we are a minority
>in the population. Ditto for car enthusiasts, or any other hobby. It's
>just not gonna happen. Given a number of shutter bugs, a fraction will be
>using Oly, and a fraction of that fraction can afford new gear. A decent
>looking number suddenly becomes negligible.
>I'm not yet well-versed in economics, so I'll stop here before digging
>myself into deper muck :-0
>
>>Take care... Sam...
>
>Likewise.
>
>/Acer "steppenwolf" Victoria
>--
>goosnargh
>
>
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