Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't know where in the hell you got that information....among non-photographers, Leica is unknown (exc. oldsters)...among photographers it is known as an EXTREMELY elitist product... (the BEST or a useless status symbol depending on the person's viewpoint)...but never "just another product"......you either get praise or contempt for owning/using Leica from other photographers, depending on the status of the bug up their ass that day..... Walt On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Martin V. Howard wrote: > Lucian Chis wrote: > > > > VAT. > > Inefficient dealers. > > High overhead. > > No competition. > > > > What about positioning on the market. Here in Sweden, I'm told that the > going price for an R8 + 50mm (I take it that's the 'lux) is about > US $ 5200. I get the impression that in Europe, Leica is a marque of > exclusivity, whereas in North America, it's just another brand. I > prefer the North American interpretation. > > 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 >