Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No Roger, William is quite right, you are not being had. In fact, I understand from Roger Horn that normal serial production of all MP's has ended, including the "normal" 0.72 VF. When current inventory is gone from Solms inventory and from dealers' shelves, all MP's will be available only by a la carte order. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "William G. Lamb, III" <lambroving@worldnet.att.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP 0.58x - I think I'm being had..... > > Roger, > > Correct. Once the existing supply is depleted > both .58 and .85 viewfinders will only be available > by special order, meaning these days, "a la carte". > > This isn't a marketing ploy. Costs to inventory > the slow moving .58 and .85 v/f have been becoming > prohibitive for some time according to a friend who > does consulting work in Solms. > > I knew about this over a year ago and picked up > a .58 chrome MP USA Demo in June, which makes > shooting a 35 or 28 a pure delight. (Didn't care for > black paint which wears off as all my other Leicas > are black chrome and have held up well.) > > Maybe you ought to pick one up at the pre-Jan. 1st > pricing while you still can although I expect that the > MP .58 "a la carte" could be ordered and bought for > a good bit less than $4,400!!! THAT would be with > ALL the options at MSRP... > > If you can't buy one "reasonably", contact me off-line > and I'll suggest a good Leica contact in the USA who > will likely be able to help. > > William > > At 08:26 PM 01/20/2005 -0800, you wrote: >>Folks, >> >>I just talked to my regular Leica sales person at a >>large metro store about purchasing a Leica MP 0.58x >>(black). He told me that they had a few 0.58s in stock >>but when they were gone that Leica would only be >>filling orders for the 0.58x MP using the "a la carte" >>function and that the base price would be something >>like $4400 USD. I didn't think I was in the dark, >>but would someone help turn on the lights for me. :). >>Any truth to this "new" marketing/production/supply >>chain from Hermes or did my sales guy just step from >>the light side to the dark side? >> >>Thanks >> >>Roger >>leica35@yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >