Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Half price M6
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:21:18 +0100

Hi!
The prices seem to be similar as here in Finland. As the price of good used
M6 is about 14.500 SEK they can make a small profit selling it, too. If you
find the dump, please let me know.
All the best!
Raimo
Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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> From: Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Half price M6
> Date: 03. tammikuuta 2000 17:18
> 
> I got a handful of Swedish photo magazines for Xmas and some of them have
> an ad from ten (all?) of the authorized Leica centers in Sweden.  They
> advertise M6 TTL for 25 (Swedish) grand which is a little bit less than
> three thousand dollars or euro, but that is besides the point. What I
found
> interesting is that  you can get your M6 TTL for 13 (Swedish) grand plus
> your old in-working-order M6.
> 
> I wonder how they recycle the M6s. As used,  or demonstrator, or  some
> other fancy description, ..... or is the margin so high the simply scrap
> them. If so where is their dump located?
> 
> 
> (Just to give you an idea of Swedish price levels, the BessaL with 15m
lens
> is seven (Swedish) grand or about 820 dollars /euro)
>