Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/08

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: New Cameras -- Street and Retail Prices
From: Daniel Cardish <dcardish@spherenet.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 18:14:56 -0400

At 10:45 AM 8/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>> Wonder what the R8 "street price" will be? 
>
>It seems to me that every authorized leica dealer advertises new Leica
>prices that are exactly the same -- leading me to believe that Leica
>in some way influences the prices that the dealers sell for.  Now I
>believe if Leica were controlling the dealer's end user pricing, it
>would be considered an unfair trade practice, so I'm not sure what is
>going on here.  It just seems strange that Nikon and Canon prices
>differ somewhat at each dealer you go to while Leica prices are
>virtually identical everywhere.
>
>                       --Jim Dempsey--
>                         jjd@bbn.com
>              http://frontdoor.bbn.com/users/jjd

why is it that ads from the major mail order houses for the main camera
manufacturers (not just Leica) show the same price?  Are these prices
negotiable when dealing with them by phone (for instance B&H)?>
>


Dan Cardish  <dcardish@spherenet.com>
                        <http://www.spherenet.com/dcardish/photo.htm>