Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, a spot on someone's list is not the same as paying a deposit or full payment up front. Very common I would think, that people are on multiple lists. Those aren't orders. Up to each dealer of course. I would think that most have a certain amount of stock on order of which they may get some from each new distribution. Then the dealer decides which customers to supply first. Customer One says no, my parrot needs orthodontic work, so Customer Two gets a call etc. It would be a pretty confident/well funded dealer to ignore the mutliple list factor and assume that everyone on their list will buy a camera from them. There do seem to be single cameras now popping up where no customer was waiting. I think that Leica USA said recently that they are back ordered for 6 or 7 months. Good luck with the rebates caused by excess M9 inventory in 2010 ;-) Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 13 April 2010 10:23, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net> wrote: > I know someone who, 2 weeks ago, decided to get an M9. He put his name on > 2 > lists...... B+H and a local California ( really small) dealer. > He got the call today that BOTH his cameras had arrived...... He bought > only 1. ( and no, it was not me, and I did not buy the other.....) > > They ain't as hard to get as they were........ > > The backlog of camera orders comes from Distributors ( Leica USA for > example) and not from you and me, Mr. Consumer. A classic scenario is for > the demand to get so pent up that the consumer orders from 2 ( or more) > sources, the Dealers order from the Distributor, the Distributor orders > from > the Manufacturer..... and then..... > > The Manufacturer starts shipping, the consumer cancels his duplicate, > triplicate, etc. orders, and the whole thing collapses...... > > Now about those discounts and rebates on the M9........just to get rid of > excess inventory.......... > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >