Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Has Leica ever offered a student discount program?
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:00:59 -0700

In practical terms, if Leica offfered the "starving student" a deal, the
cameras would surely be bought.  Lenses too.  But, it is my belief that they
would  quickly turn up on that auction site at new-ish prices.  The effect
is that the average student makes a buck, the new buyer gets no warranty,
Leica does not hook a new user, and Leica loses the additional bucks it
would have made by selling to the actual new buyer..... oh, and the local
dealer gets screwed...

I dont;l even see how a financially  average student can rationalize a $1500
camera and $1000 lenses next to the Nikon at 1/2 the camera body and 1/3 the
lens prices....

For Leica, I don;t think so....

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net

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