Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try as I might I don't see him "setting up a strawman, knocking it down and leaving the R8 standing" I don't know Nigel. I did think the post sort of came out of nowhere, but don't a lot of post here do that? I don't know, maybe you just don't want DEALERS to post on this list. Dennis "B. D. Colen" wrote: > Nope. > > I know I am viewed as a 'bit' of a raving wildman at times - well, probably > quite often. But given all the thrashing about at one point or another about > commercialism on the LUG, about Ebay, etc., I don't know that my response to > Nigel's sales pitch was at all out of line. No, he didn't say "I am selling > R8s and this is the price." Instead, he set up a strawman, knocked it down, > and left the R8 standing. This wasn't you making the comparison, or some > other LUGer with no financial interest in the outcome of the comparison' > this was a DEALER - someone whose meals and rent/mortgage depend upon the > number of Leica cameras he sells. > > So should a LUGer - including a dealer - respond off-list to someone who > expresses interest in perhaps purchasing a particular lens? Why not. Let's > just skip the on-line not-very-subliminal sales pitches. > > And, BTW, I have nothing against Nigel. I don't know Nigel. I assume Nigel > is a great guy personally and a great guy to do business with. > > B. D. <snip> - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html