Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin, just for you, you, you, you ... you curmudgeon! ... I am going to break my rule of 5 (plus 4 for extra credit) posts per day. Are you taking me to task for my use of the word "VERY"? Get real, man! Everyone else says that Tom's winder is VERY different from the old Leicavit, or the new Leicavit-M. Some have even said that they are not the same at all. That they are so different as to be Very Different Animals Altogether. That qualifies as VERY different to me. That's what all my posts have been about today, that they are VERY different. Therefore the VERY different pricing. Granted, their Very Similar Funtion may not be VERY different, but their form is VERY different, at least internally. So I guess the proof is in the pudding, that is, once someone opens one of the new Leicavit-M's and takes a look inside and sees if they are different, and how different, and if they are VERY different, we'll know. I can wait until then to be vindicated for saying "VERY." Very, very, very sincerely yours, Kit ;-) - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Austin Franklin Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 2:23 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Leicavit, After Market Products, etc. Hi Kit, > That said, Isn't that what I've been saying? That they are > DIFFERENT? Yes, they ARE different...but you said VERY different, which is what I took issue with. The internal mechanism IS different, no doubt, but the form and function certainly isn't, nor is the features, or use, or cameras they work on, as far as I know. > The argument, which has become quite > argumentative, unfortunately, is that they are very different > products I disagree that they are VERY different products. What is different, product wise, between the two? Is there any feature one has over the other? Do they work on different cameras? Do they provide a different function? > Folks were saying, "How come this thing is more expensive when they're the > same thing?" I said that no, they are not the same. OK, what's different in the PRODUCT, not the company etc.? There are DIFFERENCES in the two products, as far as internal mechanisms, markings etc., no doubt, but that does not make them "different" products. > And they are not the > same. No doubt, but they serve the same function, work on the same cameras, and operate the same way, do they not? > As far as profit margins go, how do you know that Tom's margin is > lower than > Leica's? I don't, nor do I care. What I care about is what they quality of the product is, and what it costs me. > Tom's may cost less, but how do > you know that he isn't making a higher profit percentage than Leica is > making on theirs? It's none of my business, and doesn't enter into the equation as to which one I am going to buy. > That's a good question to ask. Why? Regards, Austin - -- 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