Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rodgers, David wrote: "Sorry, but every time I see something that was "top of the line" a year ago, and now it's in the bargain bin (an all too common occurence) it strikes me funny. The value seems so short term and it makes me reluctant to buy in." Well that's your choice, I suppose. I paid over $1100 for my Polaroid SS4000, but why would I care if it's available now for $400? I've had it for *ages*? I've done *loads* of scans with it, more than I can easily estimate. Moreover as it's a computer peripheral, the tax man here in the UK lets me write it down to zero in 12 months. Even if I *couldn't* do that, the true cost-per-slide is still pretty low, and surely that's the point? You don't *mind* these things dropping in price if you've got the use out of them. - -- David Morton dmorton@journalist.co.uk "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.