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Re: [OM] Re: Hey guys I have been trying to tell you all along

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Hey guys I have been trying to tell you all along
From: "Samuel Morales" <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 23:27:20 -0600
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Hey guys I have been trying to tell you all along

Makes sense , nothing last forever, not even Walter Payton!


>What is there to say really.  ALL companies throw away parts for products
>that they don't make anymore or don't support.   The muckety mucks who run
>the company and make all the decisions have a much bigger picture in mind.
>Getting a tax write off on old parts is the least of their worries.
>Asking them to make the 2S again or supply classified lens formulas, nobody
>at the tops gonna listen once they have their mind set.
>
>
>John
>________________________________
>Camtech, Olympus Service since 1977.
>21 South La. Huntington, NY 11743
>516-424-2121,  http://www.zuiko.com
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Samuel Morales <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, October 31, 1999 10:59 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: Hey guys I have been trying to tell you all along
>
>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PCACala@xxxxxxx <PCACala@xxxxxxx>
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Sunday, October 31, 1999 6:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Problems with Olympus America
>>
>> I received some inside information a couple of years ago , that Olympus
>> itself wants the OM stuff to go away.  I swear it.  I know your not
>suppose
>> to swear.  This person who no longer works for Olympus said that he
>actually
>> visted the Olympus Tokoyo assembly plant and viewed actual metal die
>> castings that are used to make OM-1's , OM-2's etc. (bodies) they still
>sit
>> there and actually threw away millions of dollars worth of parts. (make
>> sense , no parts, new plastic camera)
>>
>> Will live in a ruthless world dictated by money.  If there is money to be
>> made then trash it.  Most people buy point and shoot.
>>
>> I wish John Hermanson would touch base on it a little more.  He use to
>work
>> for Olympus and I am sure he would be able to say.
>>
>> I've been told it's the cost of maintaining it which seems to make sense.
>> Not enough OM buyers and that is why I bought the EOS 1n with  adapter ,
>> through the advice of some members.
>>
>> I guess I felt a sense of loyalty and  couldn't leave.  You know "Like a
>> good Italian father".  But a few of you made sense , by saying if that is
>> how you feel ,then buy it.  I said to myself , you know what , do it.
>>
>> Like I mentioned before , I was really excited when I heard Olympus was
>> coming out with the OM-2000.  When it had no motor drive or winder , I
>felt
>> a little let down.
>>
>> Money is in point and shoot and they think digital.
>>
>>
>>
>> >John R. writes:
>> >
>> ><< after reading this whole sorry
>> >account,I wonder if anybody on this list knows if
>> >Olympus America or Olympus Japan monitors this list.
>> >If they are smart(a leap of faith) this list could
>> >teach them much about customer service, and indicate
>> >where they need improvement. Perhaps they have written
>> >off silver halide users as stuck in the photographic
>> >stone age, and now only care about the digital medium. >>
>> >
>> >Well, let me tell you this.  After meeting Susan Schaffer (Director of
>> >Marketing - Imaging Products - Olympus America Inc.) at the PMA show in
>> >Vegas, I supplied her (via the e-mail address on her business card) the
>> URL's
>> >for all the neat stuff we have produced on the OM System.  I never got a
>> >response of any sort back from her.  Thus, I doubt anyone at Olympus
>> America
>> >even cares to see what is on the Internet regarding the OM System.  It's
>> not
>> >just her lack of response that leads me to that conclusion - it's the
>lack
>> of
>> >response from others at Olympus America, too.
>> >
>> >Thanks to all for letting me know my 135mm f/4.5 Macro hood fits the
90mm
>> f/2
>> >Macro.  That would be another case of Olympus America not knowing.
After
>> >some person bid $41 for a "90mm f/2 Hood" on eBay, I decided to get my
>> local
>> >reseller to pick one up for me.  Olympus America swore up and down that
>one
>> >didn't exist.  It's no wonder - no one knew to even put it on the price
>> list!
>> >
>> >Speaking of price list: Olympus didn't even have the updated Dealer
Price
>> >List prepared in time for PMA.
>> >
>> >So, there is no one that could replaces these chumps?  Hum, all that
>would
>> be
>> >required is to place a classified on this very List!!!
>> >
>> >Just a reminder to folks that everything we post to the list gets
indexed
>> and
>> >is searchable to anyone.  If there is a specific instance of poor
>customer
>> >service, tell it here and it will be imortalized.  Same thing with good
>> >service.
>> >
>> >Gary Reese
>> >Las Vegas, NV
>> >
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