Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whenever anyone comes up with a high ticket item there are going to be people who buy them because they can. And they want to prove it. And be first on their block to have one. This is not the fault of the design and marketing of the high ticket item. Later on in real use we get an idea of the items merits. -------------------- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ mark at rabinergroup.com Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:02:54 +0530 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 success (or lack thereof) > > Well, if they are selling like hot cakes in China, as Joseph Yao said, they > are not being purchased for use as professional working cameras either. > Looks like they are being picked up as a status symbol by the oligarchs > there. Great news for Leica though, the margins on those cameras should be > considerable, and no one would expect a discount. In fact I would guess > that > most sales are for cold, hard cash across the counter. (-: > > Some genius at Leica has pulled off a Steve Jobs! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at > rabinergroup.com>wrote: > >> Lets not just forget that the S2 is not a limited edition camera designed >> for rich collectors like the M9 Titanium or other bon bons of the same ilk >> which are unfortunate money makers of a low order for the company to >> survive >> and expected of them. Both cameras really don't belong on the same page or >> in the same discussion. >> The S2 is very much a working camera. They will not exist in collectors >> glass cases. >> They are not precious. >> >> >> "He wants the precious. Always he is looking for it. And the precious is >> wanting to go back to him... But we mustn't let him have it." >> >> Myyy PRECIOUSSS. >> -------------------- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> mark at rabinergroup.com >> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb >> >> >> >> >>> From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:05:02 +1300 >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 success (or lack thereof) >>> >>> My dealer got one for a client, he then heard that a second one was >> coming >>> to NZ (unassigned) so took it for himself. Doesn't sound like what would >>> happen if all 500 were sold - it surprised me.... >>> >>> john >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> Seeing that they sold off the 500 Leica M9Ti without even trying in a >>>> matter of weeks, >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information