Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It is mainly that the prices are so low in the USA that margins are tiny. Porsches cost less in California than half way round the globe where they are made in Stuttgart. Nikons are cheaper in New York than Tokyo. The US market is so price driven that the rest of the "first world" is much more profitable. It has always amazed me that I have to pay 50 to 100% more for the same item than an American, I don't know why it is... Frank. ----- Original Message ---- From: Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, 3 September, 2009 3:31:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] panasonic GF-1 and a 20mm f 1.7 lens .... likea leica? I am having a very hard time wrapping my head around the idea that the? US is not a lucrative market for anyone.? In fact, the very idea makes? my head swim. Regards, Dick On Sep 03, 2009, at 1:22 AM, Joseph Yao wrote: > They can't produce enough to supply all markets, thus the goods are? > heading > towards the more affluent ones. > > Joseph > > > On 9/3/09 12:29 AM, "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Well, alright, fair enough.? What's frustrating is they they announce >> stuff worldwide then only deliver to certain markets. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> On Sep 02, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Frank Dernie wrote: >> >>> Maybe, but vapourware is something rumoured which does not exist. US >>> availability is something else. I suspect panasonic are servicing >>> the high price markets before the US. Frank >>> >>> On 2 Sep 2009, at 14:39, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I was talking about availability in the US. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information