Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know who your Leica rep is, but ours (northern California) is exactly the opposite. He's involved with real Leica users and has real answers and real products. No beating around the bush. He conducts local workshops (some of which I teach) and his loaner kit contains a complete Modular R lens system, the new zooms, R8's, M6's the latest M lenses, etc. Jim At 02:31 AM 10/3/99 -0400, Marshall C. Hunt Jr wrote: >Today was Leica Rep day at my local camera store. A variety of equipment was >on the counter for fondling. Then come the questions. > Where's the 90mm F2 Asph? I don't have one yet. > How long is the wait for the LTM 35mm F2? Don't know but it should be >soon. I can give you a price, but I don't know whether the LTM lens gets the M >rebate. > Are you going to make LTM to M adapters? You can buy them on the internet >for about $60. > How many loupes do you have with you? Just the one. the store will have >to order one for you. What's the delivery date? Don't know. > Do you have the M brochure? Just one copy--don't take it. > Pretty impressive 400mm SLR system. yeah, we sold a couple last month. > >Now what's wrong with this scenario? Does Leica USA want to move products? I >know I can't buy directly from Leica USA, but why force me to wait for an >order to arrive, when I'm hot to buy now? Leica's answer will be that the >dealer should have ordered products to be on the shelves when the rep arrived. >If they're sending out two reps, then they can send out another box of product >to be at the dealer's on consignment. There should be less discipline imposed >on the dealer and customer, and more attempt to sell whatever they can sell. > >Through no particular effort on their part, Leica is generating interest in >all their cameras, through the ability to take a wide variety of lenses >again. There are 700,000 LTM cameras awaiting a new Summicron. Leica should >take advantage of this window of opportunity. > > >> >