Re: [Leica] Good Marketing

[Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>]

Larry Kopitnik wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>
> With the price of "demo" R8's being $1400 or less, I think Leica has finally
> hit the magic marketing sweet spot.  The camera is admittedly awesome.  At
> substantially less cost than a Nikon F5.
> <<<<<<<<<<
> 
> Past threads on this list have noted that a Leica "demo" (at least in
> the US) is often a Leica camera returned for repair and replaced,
> then repaired by Leica and resold as a "demo" camera. And some buyers
> of those "demos" have reported the repairs not having been made all
> that completely or well. A search of the archives should turn up
> those posts, but if memory serves, R8 "demos" were particularly
> troublesome.
> 
> My reaction to those threads may well be overreaction, but they
> convinced me that I'd save my pennies for Leica new -- or a proven
> Leica used -- before I'd buy a Leica "demo."
> 
> Larry

Last thing I'd ever get is an R8 "demo." That's a deal I don't need!
Mark Rabiner