Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >Unfortunately, offering Leicas at dealer cost would not offer much of a >discount to the students. I hate to burst your bubble, but dealers aren't >cleaning up. I hope someone is, but it ain't us! It takes lotsa Leica sales >to make a buck. Margins are narrower than with other brands. Kit - I was saying this entirely tongue-in-cheek! :-) But if you want others to give, one must give first. :-) Even if it's $50 a camera that's discounted at dealer cost, still to a poor starving student - that's at least 50 meals at Taco Bell. I'm just brain storming! Don't shoot down my ideas just because you don't like them! :-) Karen @ Fantasy Island . com p.s. I think there's a casino in Connecticut called that. Or was it Minnesota. I hear the jingle in my head even though I'm in Tokyo..... -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/