Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Design R8 Part 2(final)
From: "Jeff S" <segawa@netone.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 11:29:28 -0600

- -----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Alford <alford@batnet.com>
>During our recent sale a customer asked "Why are you selling the R8 for so
>little?

Ahh, the smell of new money :-) I trust you got some sense in him, or at
least had him seeing spots before his eyes; red ones.

Are they going to be discontinued?" Ernst Hartman replied that Leica
>spent $40 Million (USD) on the development of the R8.
>
>With that kind of investment, we will be looking at this styling for some
>time!