[Leica] Used M9 prices

[richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)]

I think generally the used prices for mint M9s have settled to ~$6700 level.
Anyway, my point is really simply that for the M9, there will be buyer's
remorse, due to its cost.

The situation is a bit different from d3X and the IDsMkXXX, I think, because
most of the buyers for those cameras are working pro. OTOH, most purchasers
of the M9 are enthusiastic amateurs, and the M9 is attracting a lot of
attention from non-RF users. Some of those will bolt - there is a reason why
SLR dethroned the RF back many years ago!

Of course you know that I am a M9 lover, but I am just saying general market
wise, the M9 will saturate its own market. If not this year, then may be in
2-3 years. When Leica releases the M10, then there will be another round of
the upgrade cycle...

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Richard, Not sure what you are trying to say here?
> I don't think that one listing establishes much of a trend ;-). I had a
> read
> in any case and the seller is the second owner, whatever claims may be made
> regarding warranty, it is a used camera with no receipts and is a private
> sale with unknown buyer protection and not from a dealer.
>
> Some customers for new stock at least are still waiting in various places
> and for varying times. They may disagree with you that supply has caught up
> with demand!
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
> NO ARCHIVE
>
>
> On 22 August 2010 17:35, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > Earlier this year I said by Oct, there will be used M9 selling for ~$6000
> > and people were skeptical.
> >
> > Well, this is August and this LNIB M9 is $6400:
> > http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18756
> >
> >
> > As I said before, the M9 is a great camera, but with the price, there
> will
> > be buyer's remorse, and people will sell them at a discount, now that the
> > supply has finally caught up with demand.
> >
> > If I am a working pro, I will snap this up in a hurry....
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