Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 17/2/01 6:50 PM, Sal DiMarco,Jr. at sdmp007@pressroom.com wrote: > Apparently, the problems were so big, they were losing money on each lens. Money was not an issue here, since I offered to pay for their costs plus a profit margin of any size they desired. Leica made a terrible mistake of selling the lens at US$1,500. If they had anticipated the production difficulties, they would have priced it differently and it would have worked out for both the manufacturer and consumers. I am not really concerned how much they want to charge for this lens, I just want to buy one. If Leica had demanded, say, $10,000, I would gladly buy one and I would be over the moon. If they had never offered one, it would be a different story. To make a few and decided it cannot be done, is just not reasonable nor professional, IMHO. There are a lot of people out there willing to pay for high quality products. If Leica cared to charge more, they would not have lost money. My offer of 1,000 lenses is still valid, and I expect Leica want a lot more than $1,500 for each lens. The fact that the 35-70/2.8 ASPH. has been made before means making it is not impossible. It is just difficult. The whole issue is about costs, and I am here to overcome that issue. Perhaps there are other reasons they are not prepared to disclose. Anyone out there wishes to sell me one at three times the costs, as suggested by Sal? Regards, Joseph Yao