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. Just what are the manufacture/importer pricing policies of Leica gear for the US and Hong Kong and how they are different from those of France and Australia? >> 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. And in France and Australia, they are substantially higher. Or do you know that to be due to govt. taxes and not mf/importer pricing policies (I won't go as far as you usually do and ask you to indicate the sources of your info). Guy