Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Hi Lionel, While there are good Leica dealers in New York, such as B&H or PhotoVillage (Rich, who advertises here on Fridays), you will find that with the current $/EUR exchange rates, prices are better in Germany than in the U.S. Nathan"" Don Chatterton is advertising M6-TTL .85 Black or Chrome, new USA, for US$1995.00 (14,044 french francs). Even cheaper (-US$500) for "unused in sealed box." In Paris, the cost of a new M6 TTL is FF19,900 (US$2,826). Prices in Germany are about the same, perhaps slightly more. By the way a USED M6 (classic) here (in Paris, where there is a BIG Leica used market) goes for around ff13,000 (US$1,846). If you can get the camera back through European customs without paying duty (I find adding black tape and putting on an old lens, while sending the empty box by post, does the trick), then NY is FAR CHEAPER than Europe. No question. The moral of the story? NY is cheaper, Europe has expensive sales tax, and US luggers should buy now while prices are low. Especially now the euro is getting its own back on the greenback. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/