Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]$1.26161 as of 2:40PM EDT Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:35 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Henning's RD 1 report - Emanuel's calling me out...:-) Is it the Euro/Dollar exchange rate? Anyone know what it is today? $1.35 for a Euro? feli On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 11:19, B. D. Colen wrote: > While whatdoyaknow - I slept through the latest outrageous price > increase- an M7 is now $2795, not $2500. Ooops. And, btw, B&Hs price is > pretty much the same as everyone elses - that is "list." > > Is management stupid enough to think they can charge a $700 premium to > start charging you more? Yes. > > And according to the latest Leica World News, Leica M7 and MP will only > be available outside the custom program in .72. Which means that a .72 > is, for this nanosecond, $2800, but a .58 or a .85 is $3500 - or $700 > more. (Sorry that I exaggerated by $300 ;-)) > > All of this only goes to reinforce my message - > Leica is dead - Long live Hermes > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information