Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Seth wrote: > >> Ask our Australian buddies how much Leica gear costs. > > Austin responded: > >Yeah, but I'm talking about US, not Australia. I don't know much about > >Australia, except that it's "down under". Perhaps, the oppressive import > >duties etc. is the reason it is "down under" ;-) > > But Austin, in the post that spurred this exchange you asked: > > >How come no other country gets "abused", price wise, like the US does for > >camera goods? > > And when folks point out that in certain other countries Leica gear costs > even more than in the US, you respond: "Yeay, but I'm talking > about the US, > not about those other places" > > What kind of double talk is that? It's not doubletalk. We weren't talking about government taxes, we were talking about manufacturer/importer pricing policies. Entirely different gouge. > The fact is that Leica prices are *not* higher in the US than > anywhere else > in the world. The stuff costs more than in certain places (Germany, Hong > Kong) and less than in others (France, Australia). What are you talking about? The prices in HK are substantially lower than in the US.