[Leica] Yellow dot, was "B Grade" Leica gear????

[Christer Almqvist <christer@almqvist.net>]

Both my M6s are Ausstellungsware, but the boxes do not say so. The
reduction was not 10% but at least 25%. Both bodies have a yellow spot
inside, quite unprofessinally put there with a simple paintbrush it looks.
Dunno if this indicates demo.  However they both came with 2 year warranty,
but when I checked the serial numbers I found one was several years old and
the other a few years old. Both had the new type meter though. My  ASPH
Summicron is Ausstellungsware too and I have one other Ausstellungware lens
on order. Irregular supply is the downside of Ausstellungsware.One of the
reasons I am looking forward to Photokina is that this should mean a good
supply of Ausstellungsware.

Chris

>I have seen a M6 and some lenses with a sticker "Ausstellungsware" on the
>boxes. This means demo. I was told by a shop owner that I could get them
>with a 10% discount. He said that Leica had used them on sales events, but
>that they were checked by the factory before they went to the dealers.
>In Sweden, where new Leica gear is expensive, some photo dealers like to
>buy these items to give their customers a better pice.
>
>Hans
>
>> I have never heard anything like this before.  I have certainly never seen
>> any sticker on any Leica/Hasselblad boxes, except those indicating the model
>> and serial numbers.


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Christer Almqvist
D-20255 Hamburg, Germany and/or
F-50590 Regnéville-sur-Mer, France