Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] London prices
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 17:24:23 -0700
References: <1120AB2026ABD211A82600A024B971370C4327@einstein.morton.org.uk>

Why spare, it's fun to wind you up.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <leica@davidmorton.org>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:21 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] London prices


> Andrew Schroter wrote:
>
> "The Brit shopkeepers are thieves.  I've seen television news shows
decrying
> the shopkeeper's practices."
>
> Oh good grief, spare us the sweeping generalisations. Dixons is *well
known*
> as a rip-off store and to tar all UK dealers with the same brush is
utterly
> unreasonable.
>
> "remember, though, that price includes the VAT.
> In the US, One can get a new R8 for USD1695 net of the $200 Leica Rebate.
> buy on a Dealers Leica day and you can get an additional 10% off the list
> price (1,895-189.50 -200rebate, net $1505.50) at an exchange rate of
> 1.447USD to 1GBP,  that's about 1,40.43GBP in the US.   It will pay for
your
> vacation in NYC to come to NY and buy on a Leica dealer's day."
>
> And you'll have to declare it and pay duty *and* VAT on the way back.
> Meanwhile Robert White will sell you an R8 for GBP1325+VAT
> http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/leica.htm
>
> --
> David Morton
> dmorton@journalist.co.uk
>
> "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.

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