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Good Reasons to Get Losmandy Mounts

Started by Peter Glus, 09/21/2012 05:42PM
Posted 09/21/2012 05:42PM Opening Post
There are many, but I want to once again praise them (particularly Scott) on his most excellent customer service. Frankly, this will sound strange but when I am talking to him about my mount (an older GM-200) its more like talking to my primary care physician than some guy from a company. They give you the time, they listen, they know what they are talking about, and they solve your problems. They also stand by products discontinued decades ago. You cant find that anywhere else.

Sounds like Losmandy does other stuff (some other type of machining I guess) which is probably a good thing since it may allow them to diversify a bit and ride out the lows in the market.

I wish them many more years of business....
Posted 09/21/2012 06:25PM #1
Posted 09/21/2012 06:32PM #2
Peter Glus said:

There are many, but I want to once again praise them (particularly Scott) on his most excellent customer service. Frankly, this will sound strange but when I am talking to him about my mount (an older GM-200) its more like talking to my primary care physician than some guy from a company. They give you the time, they listen, they know what they are talking about, and they solve your problems. They also stand by products discontinued decades ago. You cant find that anywhere else.

Sounds like Losmandy does other stuff (some other type of machining I guess) which is probably a good thing since it may allow them to diversify a bit and ride out the lows in the market.

I wish them many more years of business....

I owned a G-11 for many years and enjoyed it. Unlike Meade and some of the other Chinese-made POS, they are good out of the box and I too had a great experience when I burned a motor. Plus they are AMERICAN made. A good value for the money.

Jim J

"Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good." - Thomas Sowell
Posted 09/21/2012 06:41PM #3
I agree, I have had one working flawlessly along side an AP1200 for many years, they are a great medium duty mount...
Posted 09/22/2012 01:23AM #4
Peter Glus said:

There are many, but I want to once again praise them (particularly Scott) on his most excellent customer service. Frankly, this will sound strange but when I am talking to him about my mount (an older GM-200) its more like talking to my primary care physician than some guy from a company. They give you the time, they listen, they know what they are talking about, and they solve your problems. They also stand by products discontinued decades ago. You cant find that anywhere else.

Sounds like Losmandy does other stuff (some other type of machining I guess) which is probably a good thing since it may allow them to diversify a bit and ride out the lows in the market.

I wish them many more years of business....

The biggest part of Scott Losmandy's business is manufacturing equipment for the motion picture industry. Google "porta-jib".

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