RE: [Leica] Art dog scramble

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Mike - There's no question that some kids would buy the cameras to sell -
However. If we were to assume for a moment that the body "cost" is $1,500 -
and if Leica were to make the warranty on these absolutely
non-transferable - it would barely be worth while buying one to sell it.

And even if half were resold and half stayed with the students, it would be
worth Leica's while....

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mike
> Johnston
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 2:35 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Art dog scramble
>
>
> Dr. B. D.: >>>why the company can't offer to sell - AT COST - an M
> body and 50 Summicron to any student majoring in photography in a
> recognized
> BFA or MFA program. THAT's how to introduce Leica to a new
> generation of
>
> photographers<<<
>
> Heh-heh. Didn't go to art school, did you, B.D.? I did. You'd
> have most
> of your "buyers" reselling them at a profit for extra cash.
> When Armand
> Hammer used to give fundraisers for Ronald Reagan up in the atrium of
> the Corcoran, the caterers would put the picked-over platters of _hors
> d'ouvres_ out in the hall of the school in the basement, and the "art
> dogs" would cluster around like sparrows around bread scraps. For some
> it was the best meal they'd eat all week.
>
> And half the people on the Internet would be gleefully reporting, "I
> just got a great deal on a near-new M6 from an art student...."
>
> Besides, Leica doesn't want any of YOU guys knowing what
> "cost" is. <s>
>
> --Mike (BFA, Photography, Corcoran School of Art '85)
>
>