Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/13

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Subject: [Leica] M8 Price
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil Forrest)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:10:25 -0400
References: <mailman.392.1331619043.1179.lug@leica-users.org> <B219B5CF-F728-4D20-95A2-FE770D02D068@netvigator.com> <F52835DA-CB5F-4DB9-B382-478C65AA9171@usjet.net>

It's only because the insatiable hunger that people have for new
products that the M8 resale price dropped so quickly.
It'll happen to the M9 too but possibly not quite as rapidly, we'll
see. 
Regardless, the M8 is still a fantastic image maker.

Phil Forrest



On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:55:00 -0500 (CDT)
Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:

> So the M8 has dropped by about half in price since it was
> introduced.  Is that the worst performance by any Leica body?
> 
> 
> On Mar 13, 2012, at 4:57 AM, H&ECummer wrote:
> 
> > I paid HK$35,000 for mine. That is US$4,500.
> > Howard
> > On 13 Mar, 2012, at 2:10 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:
> > 
> >> Message: 21
> >> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:50:51 -0700
> >> From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Price
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
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> >> 
> >> I think it started with $4500? The last model M8.2, I believe was
> >> $5000.
> >> 
> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Robert Meier
> >> <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> How much did the M8 cost when it was new, 4 or 5 years ago?
> >>> 
> >>> _____
> > 
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