Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------80008B2D7A6A2D6F6C34C765 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Paul C. Brodek wrote: > > However, when looking at international pricing, especially in the wake > of the Asian currency crises, the difference between authorized dealer > prices in the US and gray market in Asia could pay for Francesco's > vacation to Japan/Greece/France/wherever he winds up. My current > favorite Leica dealer, Lemon Camera, deal exclusively in gray market > product, covered by their own 5-yr guarantee. Current prices, at > 140yen/US$, look like this: > M6 body: US$1,285 > Summilux-ASPH 35/1.4: US$1,500 Lemon Camera is actually not a grey market dealer of Leica products. It is one of the two official importers in Japan. It earned this honourable status a few years ago, and it has Leica/Leitz-trained technicians with a full repair shop. There are quite a number of grey market dealers in Tokyo, however. One of the best-known is the Map Camera in Shinjuku, a couple of blocks west of the (in)famous Yodobashi Camera. Map's prices are even lower than Lemon's. BTW, the last time I checked, the price at Lemon was 210,000 JPY (1500 USD) for the normal version, and 250,000 JPY (1800 USD) for the HM version. - -- | # # | # # # | # # | # # # | # # | # # # | # # | | Ken Iisaka | # # | # # # | # # | # # # | # # | # | Electronic Business Technology | # # # | # # | # # | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan, Limited | | | | | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_ - --------------80008B2D7A6A2D6F6C34C765 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=iso-2022-jp; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Iisaka, Ken Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Ken Iisaka n: Iisaka;Ken org: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Japan, Limited adr: Yebisu Garden Place;;20-3, Ebisu 4-chome;Shibuya-ku;Tokyo;150-0068;Japan email;internet: kiisaka@ms.com title: Electronic Business Technology tel;work: +81 (0)3 5424 4434 tel;fax: +81 (0)3 5424 4398 tel;home: +81 (0)3 3721 7295 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: TRUE version: 2.1 end: vcard - --------------80008B2D7A6A2D6F6C34C765--