Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<html> I'm assuming the number you called was <b>800-477-8966 </b>. There is absolutely no excuse for someone to be rude over the phone, ESPECIALLY when they list the number on the web site and say "call".<br> <br> Jim<br> <br> <br> At 01:58 PM 3/3/99 -0800, you wrote:<br> >Dear Lug List,<br> ><br> >This is my first message to the group, so please forgive any ignorance <br> >to list protocol or restating of known topics.....<br> ><br> >I have a simple question regarding the M6. I was browsing around <br> >informational pages about the M6 when I came accross one that also deals <br> >leica and other rangefinders. I won't mention any names, but the page <br> >in question listed a "20th production M6" for $3500. Along with the <br> >listing was a link to information regarding the differences between the <br> >20th production and later M6's. I read the differences and remembered <br> >an M6 that I was interested in buying from a local shop the prior <br> >evening(the camera was so beautiful, that it's permanantly etched into <br> >my brain). I read the information and it seemed to me that the M6 that <br> >I saw for $1400 was a "20th production" model. So I wondered, why the <br> >price difference? So I called the number on the web page to speak to <br> >the person selling the camera to ask. I did so in a extremely discreet <br> >and polite way, only to get snippy responses, and finally a "next time <br> >email" and hangup. Can anyone tell me why I recieved this attitude? Is <br> >the $3500 price tag justified, or is the $1400 M6 a steal? Why was this <br> >person so rude to me? I realize that the value of the camera also <br> >depends on the condition, but the M6 I was looking at was in MINT- <br> >condition, and the finder was clear and bright.<br> ><br> >Thanks for any and all help,<br> ><br> >Paul<br> ><br> >______________________________________________________<br> >Get Your Private, Free Email at <a href="http://www.hotmail.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.hotmail.com</a><br> </html>