Perhaps Olympus OM equipment has been out of production much
longer than we thought. It's been my belief that all the new OM stuff
being sold is what is actually "new old stock". That being the case,
of course there are no more parts. It hasn't been manufactured for
quite a few years.
I need to go think more about it now.
geo2
On 11 Feb 2001, at 16:06, Mark Dapoz wrote:
Date sent: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:06:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Parts Supply
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> On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, John Prosper wrote:
>
> > >From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >It's 7 years, but there is a catch. It doesn't cover accessories!
> >
> > Aren't glass elements in a lens considered part of the lens proper,
> > part of the main unit, rather than a mere accessory? It seems to me
> > that accessories are optional extras, not integral parts of the main
> > product.
>
> You haven't dealt with the Olympus parts department have you? :-) All
> this 7 year parts supply is great in theory, but in reality it doesn't
> work that way, at least not for Olympus. In my latest attempt at
> getting parts, I tried getting a part for the 35/shift, which last
> time I checked is still being sold by Olympus. Despite that fact,
> their on-line inventory system claims the parts are discontinued. The
> parts department manager has been trying to get parts for me directly
> from Japan for 3 months. Still no luck. I thik we've got a lot less
> than 7 years to go before no new replacement parts are available.
> -mark
>
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