Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What a quaint notion, this about American consumer behavior... If American consumers are all as foolish, stupid and vacuous as this statement would have us believe, how did the US ever become the world's economic and military powerhouse, and "a lamp unto the nations" as is generally acknowledged? I must have missed something. Perhaps "Old Europe" still has some important lessons to teach America... I wonder what they might be? - ----- Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 10:59:19 +0100 From: "animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leicavit, After Market Products, etc. Message-ID: <017001c2e490$387795e0$388a8418@symkeehx5nw8g8> References: <009201c2e420$6a6f4a40$0316fea9@ccasony01> You are overlooking i believe an important point especially for the American market and that is advertising and product perception.Especially in the United States consumers do not decide logically but are won over by advertising and hype. In that regard sometimes one has to offer a product at an inflated price. People will not even buy it if it is cheaper. If real Vuitton handbags cost 5 dollars people would buy little zeros or whatever. I bet a lot of normally quite sane New York girls go crazy for Manolo Blahniks without ever having try them on just because "sex in the city".Probably the same goes for the winder. If you try mr.Tom,s product ,instantly you know that it,s well built ,a lot sturdier then any camera and highly functional but it,s not an expensive Leica part making it less desirable to the general public. simon - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html