Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A 12:51 22/03/98 +0100, vous avez =E9crit : >On 21-03-1998 20:46 Dominique PELLISSIER wrote: >> >>I quite understand your importer. The price of these items is absolutel= y >>foolish and having one in stock is too costly if he aims a good managem= ent >>of the stock. > >Dominique, > >Are you suggesting I should buy such, as you say "foolishly" expensive,=20 >lens blindly, without even actually having held one in my hand together=20 >with the R8 body? This would be "foolish" and financially irresponsible=20 >behavior IMHO :-) Or maybe you're suggesting that in any event it would=20 >be foolish to spend so much money on any lens? Pascal, Maybe my thought was not clear. Yes, your third interpretation is the exa= ct one. I think Leica is sometimes "foolish"(in french I would say even "dingue")with its price policy. A negative commercial effect appears : th= e "foolish" price of items such as the vario 70-180 leads the consumers, wh= o just stick around Leica and hesitate with Canon or Nikon, to run away. So the Leica importer in Belgium is right. For 5000 USD (in France : 38000 FRF), I prefer to buy a Nikon F5 with an autofocus zoom 2.8/80-200 and with the money saved, I'll buy Leica shares= ... Dominique