Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/24

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Subject: [Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa
From: clzeni at mindspring.com (Craig Zeni)
Date: Sat Dec 24 12:47:01 2005
References: <BFD2F270.21083%mark@rabinergroup.com>

On Dec 24, 2005, at 3:41 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> On 12/24/05 12:23 PM, "Craig Zeni" <clzeni@mindspring.com> typed:
>
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/23/05 3:26 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> typed:
>>>
>>>> The film cameras from Hasselblad are now dead.    They are firing 
>>>> all
>>>> the
>>>> Hasselblad sales reps.  They will be using the Imacon slales reps.
>>>> When
>>>> existing inventories of film equipment are gone, that is it.
>>>>
>>>> Is that succinct enough?
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>
>>> Succinct and wrong.
>>> The death of the classic Hasselblad system is greatly exaggerated.
>>> We've been through this before.
>>
>> Well, the 'firing of the reps' bit is indeed correct - they've canned
>> their southeastern US rep, and I know that for a fact...she claims 
>> that
>> they all got canned.
>>
>> CZ
>> NC
>>
> The they have reps which only sell the 500 system and hot the H system?
> Does not make sense.

Their field reps were responsible for both.

They got fired.

Who is supporting the H system now?

Imacon's field sales force.


CZ
NC


Replies: Reply from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] Leica] Best wishes)
In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa)