Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Stolen Leicas--how do you prevent that from happening ?
From: leica@davidmorton.org
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 21:53:51 +0100

Tarek Charara wrote:

"I don't know about the price differences between a Lowepro and the
Billinghams, but I don't recall such a great difference between the prices -
at least here in Paris."

I queried this some years ago, when people kept saying how expensive
Billingham bags are (because here in the UK they're not really expensive at
all). The answer seemed to be that they are *much* more expensive in the US.

Depending on who you talk to, this is either because the US importer is
being greedy, or that the US imposes a substantial import tarrif on goods
made mostly of cotton (which would be the case with the canvas Billinghams).
I have no idea which of these is the correct reason, or if the high cost is
due to another cause entirely.

- -- 
David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk

"The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.