Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: >I don't know the answer to that, but Keeble & Shuchat Photography in Palo >Alto CA, one of the largest Leica dealers on the west coast, has two mint >used R8's in boxes with everything. One black, one chrome. They have been >on the shelf for a very long time. The general manager of the store calls >them the "Leica bookends!" Is there a message here? > >Don't get me wrong. I think the R8 is a great camera. But obviously a lot >of other people don't. They have had, and sold, dozens of used R4's, R5's, >R6's and R7's all the while that the used R8's just sit there. R7's last >less than a day.>>>> Hi Jim, On a good day the manager might go for a "two for one" sale on the Leica bookends!:) Offer to take them off his hands for 1/2 price if you take both! :) Make a nice conversation piece over the fire place. :) And back-up bodies.;) ted Ted Grant This is Our Work. The Legacy of Sir William Osler. http://www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant