[Leica] A Simple Question about the M6

["Paul Klingaman" <pklingaman@hotmail.com>]

Dear Lug List,

This is my first message to the group, so please forgive any ignorance 
to list protocol or restating of known topics.....

I have a simple question regarding the M6.  I was browsing around 
informational pages about the M6 when I came accross one that also deals 
leica and other rangefinders.  I won't mention any names, but the page 
in question listed a "20th production M6" for $3500.  Along with the 
listing was a link to information regarding the differences between the 
20th production and later M6's.  I read the differences and remembered 
an M6 that I was interested in buying from a local shop the prior 
evening(the camera was so beautiful, that it's permanantly etched into 
my brain).  I read the information and it seemed to me that the M6 that 
I saw for $1400 was a "20th production" model.  So I wondered, why the 
price difference?  So I called the number on the web page to speak to 
the person selling the camera to ask.  I did so in a extremely discreet 
and polite way, only to get snippy responses, and finally a "next time 
email" and hangup.  Can anyone tell me why I recieved this attitude?  Is 
the $3500 price tag justified, or is the $1400 M6 a steal?  Why was this 
person so rude to me?  I realize that the value of the camera also 
depends on the condition, but the M6 I was looking at was in MINT- 
condition, and the finder was clear and bright.

Thanks for any and all help,

Paul

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