Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the discussion that Martin started about price differences of new and used Leicas interests many LUGers. A new M6 titan for example costs 4780 Swiss francs (about 3190 US$) at a leica specialist in Zurich, the Summilux M Asph. silver 2750 US$. Why are M3s cheaper in the US then in germany? Wolfgang Frei, Zurich, Switzerland Martin V. Howard wrote: > I'm continually surprised by the differences in price between countries > when it comes to Leica equipment. In Sweden, SH IIIgs sell for about the > same amount as SH M4s and M4-Ps, while SH M6s are typically *twice* that > price. A straight convertion to US$ puts the IIIg, M4 and M4-P somewhere > in the $900-$1000 bracket, while M6s are typically $1700-$1900. Yeah, I > know, you can get a *new* M6 for that in the US. Please don't remind me... > > M. > > -- > Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory, | > Dept. of Comp. & Info. Sci., Linkoping University, | Just DOHH it! > SE-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden. Tel +46 13 282 421, +----------------+ > Fax +46 13 142 231; marho@ida.liu.se; www.ida.liu.se/~marho