Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] $500 rebate on LHSA M6
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:38:54 -0600

This is Basic Retail Practice 101. Every company introduces a product at 
a high price to maximize profits from early adopters. As the time goes 
on, the price is lowered and at the end they go for a quite a bit less 
than the introduction price. Digital cameras are a good example as the 
entire cycle takes only a year. They  typically have a retail price at 
the end of about 50% of the introductory price.

Yes the M7 price will go down if that is what you mean by "screwed". If 
you want to "make" money buying cameras. Buy low, sell high...

John Collier

> On Friday, August 16, 2002, at 02:11 PM, Jim Hedger wrote:
>
> You were cheated? Hell I bought three I now have no faith in the 
> pricing of
> Leica, just bought an M7 wonder when I will get screwed on it?  This is 
> the
> final straw they will never see another dollar of mine.
>
>> On 8/16/02 2:49 PM, "inyoung@jps.net" <inyoung@jps.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Boy, I feel like I was cheated by Leica and LHSA.  I bought two of 
>>> these at
>>> the regular price.
>
>>> -----------------
>>> From: Bill Satterfield cwsat@istate.net
>>>
>>> Boy, Leica really helped out those of us who purchsed these at the
>>> regular price throuigh the LHSA© I understood it was a limited© run 
>>> for
>>> LHSA members only© The limited run must have kept on running since the
>>> marker seems to be flooded with them © Really helps to maintain the
>>> value of the camera©
>

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