Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:35 AM 11/8/97 +0000, you wrote: >Just because they're not alone doesn't make the practice OK. When Nikon sells you an >80-200 old version for full price just before introducing a new version, they're hurting >you financially. If they truly don't want to hurt sales of existing merchandise, Hey I was pissed when they did it to me last year. But I have to understand that they can't just let inventory to sit. They are a small company and could go out of business with big losses. On the other hand, they ought to understand that there are some people who will prefer the "older" lens anyway. I think Nikon has made some bad decisions in the past few years, and are today. There are legal implications to pre-announcing things. Microsoft has gotten in trouble for doing it. And I think many businesses have taken up the practice of not mentioning products before release for this reason. But I think a better way to handle it is the way Canon has for a while. Just say "We don't comment on future products." The problem with that is, the Internet rumor mill gets things going. I know, I got caught up in the M6W version, and for now, I'm believing Leica in saying it's not coming. Dang. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Hex dump: Where witches put used curses...