Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Selling a couple of dozen M8 cameras to members of > this list will not make much difference in their fortunes. I'm not sure where you got this idea, but Leica's market is far far bigger than this list > Buying second hand is good for us, but bad for Leica. This has been argued many times but that still doesn't make it correct. A healthy used market supports the pricing of the new equipment. If the price of good used equipment were low, indicating tepid demand, there would be little reason to buy new - and by discontinuing production, this is what most manufacturers of film cameras have responded to. With high demand for used equipment, the pricing of said hardware is higher and the less difference there is between used price and new, the more likely it is that someone will buy new. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com