Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i think bob is planning to invest more money in leica and might need some convincing that his actions are just. bob it is ok, i have gone through the same scenario many many times, it is all good, and this is true for me, leica lenses has been my best investments ever ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > In general, most questions like this one are answered by referring to the > rate of inflation. However, I prefer to use an alternative measure when > assessing the true cost of hobby or luxury item: the ratio of the price > paid for the item to the median value of a house/apartment in your > city/country at the time of purchase. > > I ask Luggers to run their numbers and report back to the group. If you > haven't tried this before, the numbers will surprise you. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+alal=poly.edu at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bob > Adler > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 8:07 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] The Real Cost of Leicas > > Just curious if any of the finance wizards in the LUG can calculate the > real > cost of a Leica camera and lenses (say best in class and excluding the > Noctilux) on today's dollars vs 15 or 20 years ago. > > My gut tells me Leicas have always been exorbitantly expensive. Current LUG > members are aging boomers who must be, of necessity, more conservative with > their spending. > > Frank? Jayanand? Others? Anyone have MSRP over the years and annual real > inflation numbers? > Best, > Bob > > Bob Adler > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >