Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hans-Ferdinand, Thanks for the info. Perhaps I should take the relatively short drive to Cologne and snoop around. I like the word "Winterschlussverkauf" ;-) When I was in Bonn in connection with Photokina in September I picked up a new 2.8/90mm Elmarit at a very nice price. Not only was I pleased about getting the lens, but I was also pleased with myself for negotiating a 150 DM discount for paying cash--all in German... Nathan HFHUBER wrote: > there is something like "Winterschlußverkauf" for the M6-.72 in germany. The > offers go from DM 3.200 to DM 3.500; the "regular" price from the pricelist was > DM 4.448. I think all dealers want to clean up their stores for the new TTL > version and Leica makes special offers to their dealers to get better results to > the end of fiscal year to calm the shareholders. The R8 and R6.2 prices are also > falling down. But there is an additional effect in order to the general bad > business of the entire photo branch for high priced products. Nikon´s F5 price > has also been falled from about DM 4.500 wide under DM 4.000. And that´s the > prices regular offered from the dealers. If you go and want to buy a M6-.72 or a > R8 you can get additional 10-12% to this prices. > > If you are looking for a serious Leica dealer in cologne, go to Foto Gregor. I > guess Carsten knows a few more in addition. > > regards > Hans-Ferdinand > HFHUBER@t-online.de - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html