Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/21

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Subject: re: [Leica] Leica and Pricing
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:09:48 -0500

At 11:28 PM 9/20/98 -0500, you wrote:

>1. B&H Photo lists the price of the Zeiss 300 mm f/2.8 as $13,225.95. Still
>incredibly high, but you're off by about $4775.00.

You mean you'd buy a Gray Market lens that costs that much? Without
Passport? I'd really want Passport if I bought a $7,000 + lens (Leica's 280
2.8).

So they still couldn't sell them after dropping the price from $25,000.
Interesting. Pros do have limits. :-)


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Eric Welch
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