Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes....but what is fascinating to me is that if you go to the Leica website you will find that one of the less outrageously priced special editions, the Einstuck (sp) Leica, of which there were less than 2,000 pieces offered a couple of years ago, is still available.....maybe the market for this drech is smaller than some of us thought.... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Nathan > Wajsman > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 5:09 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] X-Acto > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > - that > > strikes me as a whole lot less rediculous than the King-this and > > Emperor-that Leicas.... > > It strikes me as good business to be able to make products with a slight > cosmetic change which adds perhaps 1% to the cost of the item and > being able to > sell them for double the price of a normal item. If there is a > market for it, > why not? I personally think it is silly to buy these, but to each > his own... > > Nathan > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator > Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman > > > > >