Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/16

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M7 update.
From: leica@davidmorton.org
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 17:58:22 -0000

John R. Fulton Jr. wrote:

"A dealer could have three Leicas in stock and be able to show a 
customer all options.

for example--

Classic, .58., black
TTL, .72, chrome
M7, .85, titanium

Then order proper combination from Leica."

And wait...and wait. Ask your dealer how he or she would feel about this.
This is a consumer product, and consumers don't like having to wait for
their purchases.

Anyway, it's academic, as I understand it the Classic is dead and Titanium
finish is restricted to certain models.

Even M6TTL and M7 in chrome and black with 3 different finders leaves you
with 12 different 'mainstream' models.

For any manufacturing or distribution operation inventory *costs*, it's not
something to take on lightly.

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

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