Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/15
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On 14 Jul 99, Jim Bauman wrote, at least in part:
> Wow -- $150/week for a $2200 lens .... then your standard 4 door Buick
> from Hertz should rent for about $1800/week. Hmmm... there IS a
> disconnect here... A guy would have to be a moron to ... oh never mind.
A matter of turnover. The cars are constantly (hopefully for the
Rental Co.) being rented and seldom sit for very long at the lot.
Camera lenses, by comparison, will sit for long periods without
being rented. Some popular Hassy lenses might be exceptions in
that they rent out often, but otherwise...
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Roger
mailto:roger@beamon.org
Did you hear about the dyslectic,
insomniac, agnostic who stayed up
all night wondering if there is a dog?