Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:46 AM 3/16/98 -0800, you wrote: >> It's not the same film. They have plants in other countries that make film. > >Sorry Eric. Kodak does have such plants and undoubtedly some of the >film from them makes its way to US markets, but Kodak reps have >acknowledged what I say and admit they have no justifiable answer. Whao, you're reps are more honest than mine! :-) >> >Same situation with grey market cameras. How possibly could foreign >> >dealers get Leicas and export them to the US, pay customs charges and >> >still have them sell for less? If US distributors won't match grey They buy them from Canada, where the currency difference more than makes up for the price of any tax/tariff (wasn't tariff killed with NAFTA?), and saves big bucks. >The most egregious violator is Kodak and I love their films anyway. >The world is growing too small for these kind of games and greed. Yep, my favorite is still Kodachrome! And with the new processor (saw an ad where the new processor was mentioned), could make a revival! Let's hope. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch He, who will not reason, is a bigot; he, who cannot, is a fool; and he, who dares not, is a slave. William Drumond, Scottish writer (1585-1649)