Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/07

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Subject: Re: Leica and Inflation
From: Claes Bjerner <claes.bjerner@pi.se>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 97 21:58:18 -0000

Ben W. Holmes wrote:

>A 1954 dollar would be worth $5.95 today. This would put the 1954 M3 - then
>$288.00 - today at $1,713.60. An M6, today, is priced at $2,795.00.
>
>Leica's prices have exceeded the inflation of the US economy by about 1.45%
>per year.


Well, Ben, even here in Europe, including Germany, the Leica prices have 
been exceeding our inflation with about the same percentage. However, not 
in Japan, where Leicas and anything else foreign was ridiculously 
expensive until only ten years ago. There you can pick up a new Leica M6 
with passport warranty for only US$1650! 

Claes Bjerner