Re: [Leica] MEETING THE FRENCH LEICA LEADERS : DEBRIEF.

["dominique pellissier" <noct@club-internet.fr>]

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> Dans un courrier daté du 03/03/00 20:14:47 Paris, Madrid, arbos@silva.net
a
> écrit :
>
> << At 2:13 pm +0100 3/3/00, dominique pellissier wrote:
>
>  >Salut Miriko,
>  >
>  >In Nancy (120km W from Strasbourg ) i've seen a  R8  with a 28-70, a
>  >M6 ttl alone without any M lenses. That's all for a city of 100,000
>  >inhabitants with a distribution area of 1,000,000. 20 years ago there
were 3
>  >leica retailers. Today : one.
>  >Near Strasbourg have you tried Photo-Passion ?( Pfaffenhoffen,
0388070423).
>  >No shop but a phone/fax only... The man buys and sells with a huge
spread.
>  >In fact he buys in France used items and he solds them in Germany.
>
>  Dominique,
>  I did not know this "shop".  It is a shame that people should lose a lot
>  with Leica trades in France!  New stuff is ridiculously expensive, while
>  used stuff is sometimes very reasonably priced.
>
>
>  Mikiro
>  Strasbourg, Europe
>  http://arbos.silva.net
>   >>
> Mikiro , in the past , I bought my first M6 in a good shop in the city of
> Metz : Jaeger - Moser . Don't know if they still exist though. My Leica
> dealer here in BourgeS is a fan of the brand . He's got quite a great
number
> of Leica bodies & lenses in stock . At the moment he's got a perfect Leica
1
> for sell . Very nice . He's also got an M4-p and 90 F2 .
> Jo GOODTIMES
>

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Jaeger-Moser disappeared some years ago.
What a pity. Was a great store for Leica. I bought my first Leica here : a
R3.
I was told (but that's a rumor) that he was a gambler. He'd have lost his
store by playing the store at poker...that's an american story for Hollywood
!
IMO the truth is the following : he was a very bad manager.
He has still a huge slate uncleaned with Nikon-France.
BTW a Leica shop in Bourges is strange. There is no distribution area here.
Jaeger-Moser was a leica fan too.But, you know the "barman syndrom" : if you
like the cocktails you make, you don't sell them. You drink them.



Dominique