Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11-07-1998 10:07 Dominique PELLISSIER wrote: >For the first time, Leica France has the price of some ROM R lenses come >down.The quantity is limited to a few items(5 or 10) as if they want to >clean the shelves before the kina. >zoom 105-280:27980 FRF;apo-summicron 2/180:34980;zoom apo-elmarit >70-180:29980;modular 2.8/280:39980;modular 2.8/400:65980;modular >4/560:72980;5.6/800:79980. >(For a non european non resident : divide the price by the AVT (1.206), >then divide by 6 in order to have the price in USD). > > No real surprise here, Dominique. The lowered price on the Vario-Apo-Elmarit 70-180/2.8 brings the price to just about German levels... Nothing more than that. Also, I noticed that Leica France is offering a 1000 FRF rebate on the purchase of a Leica Minilux (through the exchange for any compact camera), but this brings the price only down from about 5990 FRF to about 4990 FRF, again nothing spectacular as that is the new price setting after the Minilux Zoom came to market. But if you compare that to German prices, that is still too high. In Germany a Minilux can be had for around 1100 - 1200 DEM, which is much lower than the French "discounted" price of 4990 FRF. So comparing prices before buying really pays off... Don't forget there are no legal or tax problems for EU citizens when buying goods within any EU country. And Leica's passport warranty is valid internationally... This should put some pressure on some Leica distributors like in Belgium that consistently put Leica goods at a higher "suggested retail price" than in Germany. BTW, now that we are at comparing prices, the FNAC superstore in Brussels is selling ALL the Leica equipment it currently has in stock at a 10% immediate rebate. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- Check out: http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ - -------------------------------------------------------- Macintosh PowerBook G3 - it eats Pentium notebooks for lunch - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>