Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerd Hechtfischer wrote: > > I did purchase the black battery cover with slit earlier this year. > >From Leica in Solms, it is item # 442-299.805-009. The price was 15.48 DM, > so about 8-9 $. With S+H+VAT it came out to about DM 26. > I understand there is additional cost for handling of such an item when offered > in the US or Japan. But the price should not reach the $75 or DM 99 range > as posted earlier here. > > Regards, > > Gerd It's like selling fan belts in the middle of the desert. The camera store price considers the attitude of the buyer. Is the buyer in a cold sweat panic and will hand over his eldest child as payment for this item? Gouging? Is that the word? I don't think my memory has failed me. It was Citizens Camera store in Portland Oregon. Some of their prices are OK. I've done a lot of business with them but some of their prices are double what another camera store charges. This was the case with some filters I just checked on last week. The percentage of pros that go there has dropped off greatly over the past few years. I imagine in every small city there is a camera store with prices that amaze and confuse. Often it's the one that is open on Saturday. I still go there once in a blue moon usually a Saturday but with the knowledge that the price might be way off. Mark Rabiner