Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bill, Best joke so far on this very first day of April! Claes - ---------- >From: Bill <m6rf@yahoo.com> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] NEW AF Camera & Leica Announces $3.50 Stock Dividend >Date: lör 1 apr 2000 23.17 > > Solms, Germany > April 1, 2000 > > > Leica Camera, AG announced this morning the introduction of the ALL > NEW Leica R9.2, Auto Focus SLR body with built in motor drive, color > matrix metering, and a high point view finder. The new body will use > standard R series 3-cam (ROM and non-ROM) lenses, and operates off of > regular AA batteries. A Leica spokesman said that the R9.2 bodies > will be on the dealer's shelved by the second week of April. The > R9.2 will sell for $1.995,00 less a $200.00 instant rebate, and will > come with an unconditional 5 year Leica world wide warranty at no > extra cost. The price of the camera will be uniform in all countries > around the world. > > In more good news, Leica announced that it will pay a $3.50 per share > dividend to all stock holders of record as of 31 March 2000. A Leica > spokesman said that sales of all Leica products including the R8 have > been so overwhelming, that Leica decided to share the wealth with > it's stock holders. The Leica spokesman went on to say, that the > other reason they were paying the dividend now was to show everyone > how wrong Bill Erfurth's economic forecasts for Leica Camera have > been... unofficially, we think this guy is really (as you Americans > say) a turkey. However, we have to admit that a large portion of our > sales were to the US government. We received the order from the US > Government for 5,000 R8s shortly after Herr Cohn attended a Hillary > campaign fund raiser. > > In addition to these announcements, we want to take this opportunity > to wish every one on the Leica Users Group a very happy April's fools > day. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com >