Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16

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Subject: [Leica] unboxing
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:49:51 +0000
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Most raw metals are cheap. Plastics are tens to hundreds of times more 
expensive. What makes items made from Ti expensive is the difficulty of 
manufacturing with it.
FD

On 16 Feb, 2011, at 15:21, Philip Leeson wrote:

> Titanium seems pretty cheap to me:
> 
> <http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/404676390/Gr5_ASTM_F67_Titanium_rod_for.html>
> 
> I think it was priced at $26500 to ensure exclusivity for the 500 buyers 
> with too much money and no sense of worth.
> 
> Phil
In reply to: Message from john.o.newell at comcast.net (J. Newell) ([Leica] unboxing)
Message from pjleeson at mchsi.com (Philip Leeson) ([Leica] unboxing)