Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It also support the repair business, both at Leica and the independant repair companies who purchase repair parts from Leica. Gene -------------- Original message from Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>: -------------- > > On Jan 12, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Selling a couple of dozen M8 cameras to members of > > this list will not make much difference in their fortunes. > > I'm not sure where you got this idea, but Leica's market is far far > bigger than this list > > > Buying second hand is good for us, but bad for Leica. > > This has been argued many times but that still doesn't make it correct. > A healthy used market supports the pricing of the new equipment. If > the price of good used equipment were low, indicating tepid demand, > there would be little reason to buy new - and by discontinuing > production, this is what most manufacturers of film cameras have > responded to. > > With high demand for used equipment, the pricing of said hardware is > higher and the less difference there is between used price and new, the > more likely it is that someone will buy new. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information