Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cool... back to REAL leather body coverings, none of this vuclanite or rubber-like stuff. I don't pretend to understand Japanese marketing nor Europeon corporate-alliance-conglomerate structure. Hermes is not an obnvious partner INHO. A 30% increase over the past 3 months all time lowest dismal price sounds like either a real desperate need for cash infusion that they can not get from the bank or a disgusted owner that is bailing out. Neither is a good sign in my opinion.....It also implies that for about $60M you could own Leica........ Thought..... what about the LUG and LEG offering a counter offer.....for a 30% ownership in Leica..... 18M euros is about $15 Million... how many members, about 750? $20K each? If I could really influence the future of Leica's new product development, I might just............ No wonder they want to exclude the USA from dissemination of these facts..... Gates or another dot-com CEO could pop for the comapny and have a Pentium IV controlled AF Leica M7....and EXCLUDE the leather ergonomics and Forbes magazine panache...and maybe turn a real profit..... or even make correct vertical VF adjustment at the factory! ( Spilt milk talking...) Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net