[Leica] Cash cow

[douglasnygren at yahoo.com (Douglas Nygren)]

I read with interest the exchanges 
on whether Leica's prices are reasonable.
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I leave to each of you to determine for yourself
whether that is the case.
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I will share my thoughts. 
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Thought one is actually a question:?how did a 50mm Summicron
jump to such a?high in price? 
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Thought two concerns the new Monochrome. If you can't recover highlights 
with the MM 
what difference does it matter what camera can do? 
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My third thought concerns my bottom line, namely, the M is getting too 
expensive 
for my taste. I find myself asking, what else could I buy for that amount of 
money?
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And finally, my thought is that as Leica's prices go oup, they will need to 
find new
cutomers. 
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I'm sure they've done their market reasearch and creating new markets is 
what they want to do.
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I am glad I have what I have of their product, but I can't see myself buying 
anything new from their current selection.
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They remind me of companies that keep raising their prices in order to milk 
every dollar out of the market and when they have the last cent, their run 
is over. I hope the fate of other cash cows is not that of Leica. 
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Best--Doug
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