Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well thats nice to know. If we want Leica to survive, we should buy more new. Cheers Jayanand On 9/20/07, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: > > You're right of course, George. In the last few years I've purchased > 3 M bodies and 8 M lenses new. While this may not be typical, I'm > certainly not alone in buying new Leica gear. But I buy used as well. > Most of my R gear was purchased in used but mint condition. All of my > Hasselblad gear was either demo or used. > > Len > > > On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > > > If this "nobody buys new Leica" were true; then there would be no > > used gear available. It's just silly. In most cases Leica has been > > unable to keep up with demand when new items have become available. > > > > And as previously stated, I've purchased a new Leica body and Lens. > > I've also purchased a couple Leica bodies and lenses, as demos, > > from licensed dealers; which is pretty darn close to new. They > > never left the store - until I walked out with them. > > > > Also: I not only buy Leica used, I also bought all of my > > Hasselblad, Linhof, Deardorf, Schneider, Rodenstock, Durst, and > > etc. gear used. How will those companies survive? > > > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > > george@imagist.com > > > > > > > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > >> nobody > >> seems to buy anything made by Leica new. If Leica don't sell > >> lenses, where > >> will they make their annuity income from? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >