Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/19

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Subject: [Leica] Panda M8
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sun Oct 19 20:05:51 2008
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Vick,
You might get the M8 prices by then, but I seriously doubt that you will get
the stock market prices.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Yes, $3500 units aren't selling, even from reputable vendors and with
> warranties.
>
> Street price for private sales appears to be $3200.
>
> You know, I'm kind of thinking / predicting / hoping:
>
> - there will be warrantied M8's for sale at $2750 at Dec 2008/ Jan 2009,
> from reputable dealers
> - there'll be $2000 / $2500 M8's selling without warranty at that time
> - the stock markets will recover to levels equivalent to a couple years
> ago, by then too
>
> Maybe by Q1-2009, I'll be back into an M8.
> That's why I'm not buying back into an RD1 for now.  I'll shoot film this
> fall/winter, and watch the continuing plummet of M8 prices, then buy back 
> in
> when they reach "RD1" prices.
>
> ...Vick
>
>
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone wrote:
>
>> Currently running at less than $3500  ( not selling at all at $3500) , a
>> used M8 will get close to the  mark you want as soon as the M8.2 starts
>> shipping.
>>
>> The effect of chasing technology, don't you love it?
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i@earthlink.net
>>
>>
>> And no interest in M8's over $2000
>>
>> Vick
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] Panda M8)
Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Panda M8)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Panda M8)
Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] Panda M8)