Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 96-07-16 00:00:09 EDT, you write: << It's a 70-180, so it's even MORE of a rip-off! :-) I stand corrected! First of all, let's get this into perspetive. It's selling for $5,900 - not $6,500. I'm sure that's small comfort, but compare it to say what it replaces. >> Moss quotes $6,500.00 in his editorial. Actually, I think that $5,900.00 was the original "street price" (whatever that means), but recently Leica raised the MSRP to $6,500.00 to give the dealers a little breathing room. I am repeating the essence of Moss's editorial; I do not have personal knowledge. Actually, I suppose the price is all a relative thing. If people are willing to pay $6,500 or $65,000.00 or $650,000 or $6,500,000.00, what the heck, it's a free country....more power to 'em. I happen to think, however, that at some point there will be a point of diminishing return where the consumer will say "enough" and the top will be reached. Obviously, though, that point has not been reached.......many of the responses to my original comments have been along the lines of "Gee, dummy, don't you know the best always costs more.....If you don't like it, just buy the cheap junk and quit blithering." Some can afford to have that attitude; most cannot.