Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>James J Dempsey wrote: >Leica does have a "Minimum Advertised Price" policy as part of their >standard dealer agreement but as they say in the car ads "Dealer may >sell for less" It's best to call and ask for a quote. If they really >want to make the sale, they may give you a better price than what is >advertised. When I was in the market for my last camera (before I received my M, I used a Contax), a call to about 10 vendors from PopPhoto had them all quoting the same price. Living in NYC, and knowing how the electronics market works (electronics only given as an example), I knew that there had to be some differential in price. One dealer I asked said that some mfgs only allow them to advertise down to a certain price, (something about fair competition ?), and that they'd only quote that price over the phone. If you actually GO to the camera store, you can sometimes get a different price. He (the sales guy) said that they refuse to give other prices over the phone for fear of a mfg masquerading as a buyer, hoping to 'trick' a dealer into quoting below the price they allow them to sell at, and then no longer selling direct to said dealer. I don't know if this is true or not, but this is what I was told. Brad -- Brad Reisner BOMC / Time Warner, Inc. BReisner@bomc.timeinc.com