Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Mercedes/Leica
From: TM <leicar8@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 05:42:17 -0800

Reminds me of the outrageous price Leica demands for the wonderful 70-180 APO!
I've asked Santa to tell Cohn I want to see the price drop from $5,000+ to
$2,000. However, the tooth fairy never gave me quarters for my lost teeth, so I
doubt that Santa will influence Cohn!

Terry


LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote:

> I think the Mercedes analogy is very apt in Leica's case.  In fact, I had
> this same discussion with Herr Cohn during dinner at the LHSA annual meeting
> in Chicago.  I compared the previous S class Benz to the R8.  Too big, too
> expensive and not selling well.  The logic of this comparison was not lost on
> Herr Cohn.
>
> Bill Rosauer