Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/26

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Subject: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Sun Dec 26 09:13:31 2004
References: <122620040506.21608.41CE46CE0000809F0000546822007621940B040A070001080C9C9C0E0301089B@comcast.net> <01f701c4eb67$df4079c0$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

Everything you buy once, it is yours to keep and the value diminishes
like you have mentioned, i am more interested if people would pay the
ziess prices and keep buying more of it, so they stay in this market


On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:28:01 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> Close to purchase price? Let's see, I purchased my 35 1.4 ASPH - which I
> have NO intention of selling ;-) - for about $2499. And I believe they
> are going for about $1450 today. 58% of new? Not exactly "close to
> purchase price." The same goes for the 21 ASPH these days. And if you
> talk about the older lenses....Yes, Leica lenses are always re-sellable
> for real money. But the reality is that the CV lenses go for apx the
> same percentage of their new price. ;-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> leicaluvr@comcast.net
> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 12:06 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: New Zeiss lenses compared against Leica
> 
> While I do not own a VC lens, I find this reasoning dubious, as the
> depreciation of the Leica lens will probably equal the cost of the VC.
> Tom Schofield
> 
> -------------- Original message --------------
> 
> > On 23 de dic de 2004, at 17:53, GREG LORENZO wrote:
> >
> > > I suspect that they will continue to hold their value better over
> > > time
> > > than a Zeiss lens made by VC and Leica glass can usually be resold
> > > easily and at a price closer to purchase price
> >
> >
> > yes, probably... but that's not a photographic consideration, it's
> > more
> > close to assets management :-D
> >
> >
> > Merry xmas
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  regards, mehrdad

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