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A customer brought in a water-damaged Leica M6 last week and I had to say no
They dropped it in a river while hiking and wanted it fixed fast. I opened it up and the corrosion was everywhere, even inside the shutter box. The repair cost would have been more than the camera is worth, maybe $1500 easy. I told them it was a total loss and they got really upset. But sometimes you have to be honest, even if it makes you the bad guy. How do you all handle giving people bad news on jobs that just aren't worth fixing?
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the_vera2mo agoMost Upvoted
Honestly I just lay out the numbers on paper for them. Show the cost of parts, my labor, next to a fair market price for a working one. It's not ME saying no, the MATH says no.
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taylor.mary2mo ago
Wait, did you mean the repair would cost more than a used M6 or a new one?
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sandralee1mo ago
Saw a video last week where a guy had a Leica M6 with a busted shutter. Got a quote for like two grand just for parts, not even labor. A clean used one was going for twenty five hundred. Makes the math pretty brutal.
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