Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/19

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Subject: [Leica] Leica 14464 Battery......
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 05:21:18 -0700
References: <004a01cd3572$10342890$309c79b0$@earthlink.net> <CAFfkXxt5Yjp=WgVUEXzqL1pY4jvhQOjrK8L4Qs6WHZD07ojQCA@mail.gmail.com> <000401cd3576$b6eab2e0$24c018a0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <00b901cd35b1$0afb5760$20f20620$@earthlink.net> <66A66DA9-B42D-4FBE-A6D8-1923C3DAFA5D@frozenlight.eu>

Really stupid ( and rhetorical) question.......

Why would Leica offer for sale, a Chinese battery, with Cyrillic script on
it, with a US Phone number, marked Made in EU?  To boot, without a
Manufacturer's Logo somewhere.....
There are a lot of inconsistencies in this product marketing placement....
and if I were Leica's Mr. M9 ( Stefan Daniel, I think?), I would get it
straightened out....

Even Global Marketing has its limits......
Or
Marketing aimed at Russian Oligarchs?
Or
To busy offering $7K lenses and $8K bodies to bother?
Or
Americans are too stupid to figure it out / care.

Frank Filippone, Retired Marketing Guy
Red735i at earthlink.net


It is Russian. It says "Lithium-Ion battery" and "Made in the People's
Republic of China".




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