Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]my local leica dealer said yesterday... the "latest" pricing (US) announced for the R digi back is about $5900. It may go higher when it actually is available... Steve On Jun 2, 2005, at 5:17 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > Fair trade pricing and VAT get you. Plus, you still have the " The > individual Country sets their own prices " mentality..... Whereas > distances > are small between countries, driving the consumer nuts to get a > good deal by > crossing a border to purchase. > > In the US, we have made fair trade pricing illegal, and the only way a > manufacturer can control prices is through advertising kick backs. > ( MAAP). > > We also have State Sales Tax, which can add on an additional 8 1/2% > or more > to the final prices. Something you do not see when you look at > advertisements. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > A german made Leica still costs less in the USA than in Germany, > even after > the price increase. Same for BMW, Porsche and Mercedes cars, same for > Switzerland and swiss watches (though we have a low VAT here). I don't > understand why we europeans must subsidize the US economy that > much... :-) > Didier > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Steve Barbour kididdoc@cox.net