Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: R8: new lower German price and 5 yr guarantee
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 11:24:13 -0000

A question and a comment:

What conclusions may one draw from the fact that when looking allot of the
ads in Shutterbug, one sees much more used R gear for sale than M
gear....MUCH more...

And -
As part of one of the big dealer ads in the latest Shutterbug - it was
either Wall Street Camera or Tamarkin (I think it was WSC) there was a
commentary in which they discussed Leica's vaporware reputation.,..as in the
R8 motor drive and the difficulty of getting the 90 AP0 M....

If major dealers are commenting IN A PRINT AD about this kind of thing,
Leica is in BIG trouble and had better sit up and take notice...and not just
by having sales in Germany on R8s....Part of what killed Apple as a major
player in the PC arena (and I am NOT commenting on which computer system is
best) is that they couldn't market worth a damn.