Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]don Chattertn is advertising new M6 (refurbished ???) fresh from and sealed from Wetzler for $2100 James J Dempsey wrote: > > > Know that I know that I'm going to bite the bullet and get an M6, I must > > decided on a new or used one. The current street price, less rebate, is > > around $2195.00. A used mint late model is around $1950.00. Is the > > passport worth it? With what I know so far I think it is. Is there a > > particular version of the M6 that is better than others? > > I would think that for $200, the passport is easily worth it. > > However, I question your claim that a used mint late model is $1950. > About a year ago I purchased (locally) a mint M6 for $1400 and a 35mm > Summicron for $750. It was indistinguishable from new as far as I am > concerned. Now you are talking about $800 difference in the price of > the body between new and used. I'm not sure the passport is worth > $800. > > I bought mine privately through one of those newsprint want-ad rags. > Keep your eyes open. > > --Jim Dempsey-- > jjd@bbn.com > http://frontdoor.bbn.com/users/jjd