Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/06

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Subject: Re: SHOW ME THE MONEY! aka $3,340
From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@wf.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 20:38:47 -0500

>> Then why don't they raise the price of an M6 to $5,000 and double
>their
>> sales?
>
>Isn't this effectively what they're doing by releasing the Ein Stuck
>Sultan of Anton Bruckner's Royal Wedding models, complete with
>Unobtainium top plate and armadillo skin finish?

I don't think so.  If I correctly understand the pathology of the
Leicaphile (and I are one!), we want a camera that costs $5,000, but
doesn't *look* like it.  That way, only the cognoscenti will know. 

Chuck
Chuck
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Chuck Warman     
cwarman@wf.net    (Wichita Falls, TX)