Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reminds me of the outrageous price Leica demands for the wonderful 70-180 APO! I've asked Santa to tell Cohn I want to see the price drop from $5,000+ to $2,000. However, the tooth fairy never gave me quarters for my lost teeth, so I doubt that Santa will influence Cohn! Terry LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote: > I think the Mercedes analogy is very apt in Leica's case. In fact, I had > this same discussion with Herr Cohn during dinner at the LHSA annual meeting > in Chicago. I compared the previous S class Benz to the R8. Too big, too > expensive and not selling well. The logic of this comparison was not lost on > Herr Cohn. > > Bill Rosauer