Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am sure that this is part of it, IF the price increase is only in North America. But if the price also increases in Europe, then it is probably more a case of the M7 selling above expectations and Leica wishing to milk the market a bit. It is called capitalism and there is nothing wrong or unethical about it. We are not talking about Aids drugs here, just a nice luxurious camera. Keep things in perspective. Anyway, isn't the current list price in the US something like $2395? In which case the increase to $2500 is about 4%, hardly earth-shattering. Nathan Rolfe Tessem wrote: > > I think it's pretty clear that any price increase is a result of the recent > strength of the euro versus the dollar. Less than a year ago, I think, the > euro was worth only 85 cents. Yesterday it was 1.02. > > My guess is that Leica, like most international companies, tries not to > readjust prices with every little exchange rate fluctuation, but when it > reaches 15% the company simply has to react. > > -- > Rolfe Tessem > rolfe@ldp.com > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photography page: http://www.wajsman.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html