Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26

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Subject: [Leica] Used M9 prices
From: dmorton at gmail.com (David Morton)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:51:33 +0100
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Speaking of buyer's remorse, I wonder if this is an example:
http://www.theclassiccamera.com/product_details_2614.htm

On 22 August 2010 09:35, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
> I think generally the used prices for mint M9s have settled to ~$6700 
> level.
> Anyway, my point is really simply that for the M9, there will be buyer's
> remorse, due to its cost.
>
> The situation is a bit different from d3X and the IDsMkXXX, I think, 
> because
> most of the buyers for those cameras are working pro. OTOH, most purchasers
> of the M9 are enthusiastic amateurs, and the M9 is attracting a lot of
> attention from non-RF users. Some of those will bolt - there is a reason 
> why
> SLR dethroned the RF back many years ago!
>
> Of course you know that I am a M9 lover, but I am just saying general 
> market
> wise, the M9 will saturate its own market. If not this year, then may be in
> 2-3 years. When Leica releases the M10, then there will be another round of
> the upgrade cycle...
>
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
> gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Richard, Not sure what you are trying to say here?
>> I don't think that one listing establishes much of a trend ;-). I had a
>> read
>> in any case and the seller is the second owner, whatever claims may be 
>> made
>> regarding warranty, it is a used camera with no receipts and is a private
>> sale with unknown buyer protection and not from a dealer.
>>
>> Some customers for new stock at least are still waiting in various places
>> and for varying times. They may disagree with you that supply has caught 
>> up
>> with demand!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
>> NO ARCHIVE
>>
>>
>> On 22 August 2010 17:35, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Earlier this year I said by Oct, there will be used M9 selling for 
>> > ~$6000
>> > and people were skeptical.
>> >
>> > Well, this is August and this LNIB M9 is $6400:
>> > http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18756
>> >
>> >
>> > As I said before, the M9 is a great camera, but with the price, there
>> will
>> > be buyer's remorse, and people will sell them at a discount, now that 
>> > the
>> > supply has finally caught up with demand.
>> >
>> > If I am a working pro, I will snap this up in a hurry....
>> > --
>> > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
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