Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right you are Frank - and planes hit the WTC every day...:-(....Besides which, I am talking long-term investment...We've been over this before here, and the reality is that, long term, most Leicas make crappy investments...GREAT cameras...great cameras for the long-haul, but they don't begin to compare to traditional investments if what you are looking for is return on your dollar or Euro... And BTW...If you want to take a balanced approach to this, tell me what a Leica with lenses, any combination you want, purchased in, oh, say 1993, and sold in Jan 2000, would have brought you, compared to the same amount of money invested on the NASDQ.....;-)...or NYSE..... And, BTW II, if Leicas are such great "investments," why do dealers still have any number of Leica collectibles sitting on their shelves in the original packaging? B. D. Frank Filippone wrote: > > I'm not picking bones with BD over the appreciation of Leica stuff over > stocks, but if you had bought a Leica with lenses ( any type or combo you > want) in December 2000, you would be maybe be out 10-20% over your cost... a > similar investment in stocks would now be worth less than 50%. > > Worked with my wife recently.....! > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html