Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ooops, dropped a word... 3. I have far less respect FOR YOU than the little you have publicly stated you have for me, but I don't feel the need to repeatedly lash out at you in public without any personal provocation. ;-) Sorry - B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve LeHuray Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:53 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Comments on a BD Colen statement & PMA B.D. Colen lashes out at Leica, again: > No hands on experience Sal - I'm basing it on the comparative number > of working parts, and the materials that Tom uses - and the utterly > ludicrous difference in price. I don't care if each unit is personally > autographed by Herr Cohen himself - at twice the price of a Tom A. > Rapidwinder that particular Leica offering is joke, and a rather sick > one at that. :-) > B.D., you seem to know so little about business. Leica has to pay for: Salaries for thousands of employees Health care for thousands of employees Factories to pay for and maintain R&D to pay for Advertising/marketing to pay for Has to produce hundreds (if not thousands) of units of product everyday Tom Abranshom has to pay for: 1, maybe 2 salaries Health care for 1, maybe 2 A small rental unit in a industrial park No R&D to pay for No advertising/marketing to pay for Daily out put is maybe 1 unit per day Is there something I am missing here? Is there something you are missing here? sl > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Sal DiMarco,Jr. > > BD, you wrote ..."with it's not-as-well-made at twice-the-price > version of Tom A's Rapidwinder." > My question is what hands on experience do you have with the new > Leicavit M or the previous Leicavit MP to make such a statement? > > For those of you who have never been to a PMA, please understand > it is a selling show for DEALERS. PMA stands for Photo Marketing > Association. Unlike Photo East in New York which is aimed at > photographers. Happy Snaps, Sal > > > Sal DiMarco, Jr. > Philadelphia, PA > Web Site: http://members.fcc.net/sal.dimarcojr > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html