Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/14
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>If Leica doesn't want to publish a price list, well, that's Okay. Why
>don't we as a group keep our own price list. This could be done by
>checking Shutterbug, and sending CONFIDENTIAL PRICE REQUESTS to
>selected dealers. The dealer could elect to have his name published by
>the price if he wished. Prices could be expressed as a range, or list
>price and street price. I think it would also be quite interesting to
>include some dealers in Europe and Asia in the price survey.
>
>Regards,
>Bill Erfurth
Not a bad idea, Bill. Once the list was drawn up it wouldn't be too tough to
distribute them to the dealers for their return to whomever will honcho this
project. How often should they be polled and a host of other questions
arise. We still need mother Leica USA to tell us what is current production,
and others to attest to currency in their part of the world.
Wonder how dealers would react to a request for ongoing input like this and
whether they would comply even after they said they would. I can hear now
the retort from some, "If ya wanna know what my prices are, just call and
we'll tell you.
But, damn, Bill, WE shouldn't have to go through this. It's Leica's job, period!
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Leica Historical Society Of America
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