Can't fault Leica, or expect them to honor any warranty, on this one. Get your money back from your acquaintance and let him deal with Leica.
Brush up on Leica's new warranty, or remain ignorant, whatever you prefer.
https://leicacamerausa.com/pages/leica-sport-optics-new-usa-and-canada-warranty-program.htmlOne of the clowns at customer service emailed me and said "were not purchased from an authorized Leica dealer". In fact, Hamilton traced them back to being purchased exactly as I said, from Guidefitter recently, and they are an authorized Leica dealer. Hopefully he'll school his own ignorant people on how to verify before they continue making fools of themselves.
