Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<< ...I don't know that my response to Nigel's sales pitch was at all out of line. No, he didn't say "I am selling R8s and this is the price." Instead, he set up a strawman, knocked it down, and left the R8 standing. This wasn't you making the comparison, or some other LUGer with no financial interest in the outcome of the comparison' this was a DEALER - someone whose meals and rent/mortgage depend upon the number of Leica cameras he sells.....>> B.D. You are obviously suffering a malady created by your past life as a newspaper journalist. Post Traumatic Righteous Indignation Disorder. In your current life you need to concentrate on becoming the gadget-happy, maybe this piece of gear will make it better, photographer that we all know and love. Forget the mystical pyramid of journalistic construct, forget the five Ws. Forget the mission to right wrongs with the pen, and create justice with the written word. A good camera sales pitch is hard to find, and since camera gear, unlike the pen changes every six months, embrace the salesman, and open your wallet to the call of the next "perfect" body or lens. If it weren't for marketing, we would have little to talk about on this list. ;-) Scott former photojournalist: now unabashedly commercial cmrausr@aol.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html