Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Explanation high production cost
From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:27:03 +0200

At 18:24 13.04.1998 +0200, you wrote:
>Economic results will tell another story. In three years from 1993 - 1996
>the M bodies sold 9322, 11208 and 10171 bodies, the lenses resp 18009,
>19170 and 21186. 	The average body price was 3400DM and for the
>lenses 1600DM.

Sorry to be unclear in my statement. I've learnt, that the biggest 
difference d (d = prize minus total costs) comes from the lenses.
The bodies are "given" (almost) to the self-costs.

Alf



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