RE: [Leica] Leica has some nerve . . . .

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Good guess, but it's not Brian...

I am not a manufacturer of anything. But neither am I so brain dead as to
not know that Leica is gouging us on the plastic crap. Notice that while I
think the prices of some of the lenses and bodies is higher than it should
be, I'm not bitching much about that. The quality is unquestionably there -
and it's quality that I can't get anywere else.

But come on. $25-35 for a REAR cap?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of
> Cartographer
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 9:03 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica has some nerve . . . .
>
>
>
> |Sorry Jonathan, you're wrong.  What do you think the profit
> margin is for a
> |dealer?  I'd guarantee you if you knew, you'd wonder why
> anyone is a dealer
> |of photographic equipment.
> |
> |Bill Rosauer
>
>
> I think that if Brian Colen thinks he can produce these for a
> buck apiece, he
> ought to seriously consider doing so.  The market will easily
> bear a price of
> $10 or so.   Everybody can get rich and we will have a source
> of needed
> accessories.  I think that users are looking at functionality
> and could care
> less about the Leica label.  Besides, I think a "Dr.
> Blacktape" brandname
> would be cool.
>
> Regards, Bill|
>
>