Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, but I have never seen a Leica M6 at $2826 in Germany. That would be almost 6000 DM at current FX rates. They cost more like 4500-5000 DM at most, and if you look for bargains, you can find them for 4000 DM. The same is true of the R8; in fact, I got mine at Foto Lambertin in Cologne for 2997 DM last year (new, not demo). For a visiting U.S. tourist, who can get the VAT back at the airport, prices are even more attractive. I agree that prices in France are ridiculous. When I lived in Belgium, I often went to Paris and was always amazed that anybody would pay the prices being asked in the shops on Blvd. Beaumarchais. Nathan stefan smith wrote: > Don Chatterton is advertising M6-TTL .85 Black or > Chrome, new USA, for US$1995.00 (14,044 french > francs). > Even cheaper (-US$500) for "unused in sealed box." > > In Paris, the cost of a new M6 TTL is FF19,900 > (US$2,826). Prices in Germany are about the same, > perhaps slightly more. By the way a USED M6 (classic) > here (in Paris, where there is a BIG Leica used > market) goes for around ff13,000 (US$1,846). > > If you can get the camera back through European > customs without paying duty (I find adding black tape > and putting on an old lens, while sending the empty > box by post, does the trick), then NY is FAR CHEAPER > than Europe. No question. > > The moral of the story? NY is cheaper, Europe has > expensive sales tax, and US luggers should buy now > while prices are low. Especially now the euro is > getting its own back on the greenback. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman