Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with you about Leica camera pricing but differ about the reason. As we have roughly one tenth of the population spread out over a larger area*, we just do not have a large enough market to create the kind of competitive pricing that the US sometimes has. However, Leica accessories and parts are much cheaper in Canada. I typically pay the same numerical price as the US but in Canadian dollars! On a number of items even less! Why this is I cannot say. John Collier *Concentrated in the south I will admit. > From: Stephen Patriquen <patriquen@yahoo.com> > > As a dual US/CDN citizen, living in London, I've now > experienced Leica purchasing in three countries. I > used to say that visiting New Hampshire (which has no > sales tax) while living in eastern Canada (which had > 18% federal/provincial tax at the time) was like dying > and going to heaven for a Canadian. > > Among the three, the US is the most aggressive and > probably honest in its pricing, due to that good old > capitalist spirit and intense competition. > > New Leica stuff in Canada (last year I lived there was > '95) seems to be priced reasonably close to US prices > (factoring in exchange and duty/taxes). But used Leica > equipment in Canada has always been (IMHO) quite a bit > higher priced. And the downtown Toronto dealers are > not very accurate in quality grading. Everything is > Mint minus unless bits have fallen off.