[Leica] Re: An unpleasant print mention

["Craig W. Shier" <shier@mnsinc.com>]

As an appreciator of certain forms of black humor, I found nothing
humorous.  A few thoughts at random:

1. While M prices may seem high, I think LTMs are a bargain.

2. The fact of collectors creates a liquid market for old leicas.
Ironically this makes many items available to users which otherwise
would be stashed in closets.

3. Many quality used brands sell at a significant fraction of new
prices.  e.g. I was given an old FD mount C***n by my boss.  Thinking
I could pick up a bargain lens to go with it, I began looking in
Shutterbug ads.  I concluded I might as well buy new lenses for my
N***n.

4. Take a look at other old rangefinders and notice the high prices
copmarable to to Leica.

Conclusion:  Let the collectors be and don't fuss about the latest
King Rootintootin model.  As P.T.Barnum said, "There's a sucker born
every minute", if Leica can saturate that market, they'll be the first
company to do so.

Craig Shier.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Doug Richardson <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Saturday, November 07, 1998 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: An unpleasant print mention


>clip>
I hope that it represents some form of US "black
>humour" which I as a European am apparently unable to comprehend, but
>to me it is the most tasteless and offensive piece of writing I have
>read in recent years. Mr Halstead may dislike collectors who are
>prepared to pay high prices for equipment, but that dislike does not
>give him licence to attack them with such verbal abuse.
>
>Regards,
>
>Doug Richardson
>