Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Advertising, was How could the R8 be bettered?
From: Walter S Delesandri <walt@jove.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:27:30 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)

No, No, No, and yes :) :):) :0>


On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:59:30 -0400 "B. D. Colen" 
<bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 11:33 PM 4/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >Stay tuned everybody.  With the change in management in Solms, Leica's 
> >advertising will be changing big time.  They will abandon the Leica as male 
> >jewelry ads in favor of the Leica as a tool for photography.  They will 
> >emphasize Leica's links to the great photographers of the past.
> >About time, wouldn't you say!
> >
> >Bill Rosauer
> 
> What counts is not the advertising, but the product and the service ...
> Does this mean they will take the needs of working pros seriously? Does
> this mean there will be "loaners?" Does this mean they'll provide
> turn-around on a dime when necessary on repairs? Or does this mean ads
> telling the same clientele to buy Leicas because HCB uses them?
> 
>