Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Tomasz, My advice to Gene was based on my annual visits to Wroclaw (most recently in January), a city of 700,000 people. I found that prices for electronic equipment (e.g. computers, DVD players, TVs etc. at an outlet like Media Markt) were roughly similar to those in Holland, or slightly more. The same was true of cameras in the stores I visited. I did not see a Leica in any of the Wroclaw shops; I imagine things are better in Warsaw, but still nothing like the selection you have in Germany. As for prices, the price for the M6+35mm Summicron you quote is equivalent to 2565 EUR. Not a bad price, but nothing special either; I can buy this outfit for that easily in the Netherlands or in Germany. For example, yesterday I saw a new M7 for 1850 EUR in a shop window in Amsterdam. The UK prices you mention are from the most expensive Leica shop in London, they basically charge list price for everything. And the UK is more expensive than the Continent to begin with. Kind regards, Nathan Tomasz Krowicki wrote: > > Hi Nathan, Gene, > > >As for buying Leica during your trip, forget about it in Poland--it is > >simply non-existent there. Oh yes, people know about it and will admire > >your equipment, but the photo shops in Poland are poorly stocked and the > >prices are high. > > > > This is rather incorrect Nathan. Sure, Poland is not a major Leica > center but you can actually pick up Leica equipment in Poland at bargain > prices, way lower than in the UK/Germany, e.g. a new M7 0.72 + > Summicron 35/2 combo retails here at PLN 11,990 (GBP 1,710) vs. GBP 2750 > in the UK. I suppose it could get even cheaper in real trade situation > as there are not that many buyers for new Ms. As for lenses, a new > black 28/2 will cost you PLN 9,150 (GBP 1,300) vs. 1400 in the UK, a > APO-Summicron PLN 8,538 (GBP 1,220) vs 1,345 in the UK and so on. > > The place to check is a pro-photo shop DICAM (www.dicam.pl) with outlets > in Warsaw and Krakow. Btw, you can buy any film you wish at decent > prices in most major towns in Poland if you know where to go. Email me > if you need assistance while you are here. > > Regards > Tomasz in Warsaw, Poland > > PS. UK prices quoted from www.theclassiccamera.com, FX rates from > www.xe.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 General photo site: http://www.nathanfoto.com/index.html Seville photos: http://www.fotosevilla.com/index.html