Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: doctors and lawyers
From: "lea" <lea@whinydogpress.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 18:17:54 -0600
References: <B89ACD31.E2C1%enitka@twcny.rr.com>

My name is Lea and I'm not a doctor but my Leica was purchased  from a
camera store who purchased it used from a doctor.

Surely that counts.............

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: doctors and lawyers


: Were to begin?
: My Name is  Ernie - I use Leicas and I'm a DOCTOR! ( read in the tone of a
: 12 step program)
:
: It's inherited as my father, a physician infected me with the LAS ( Lecia
: acqusition syndrome).  He used to go out of his way to keep from telling
car
: salesmen that he was was a doctor - "they'll just abuse you ".  I have
long
: ago given up on that as I don't think the salesmen care - if your in the
BMW
: showroom you are rich by definition and really who cares if you made your
$
: in the stock market, in construction etc.
:
: I don't know who said much of the market are MD and lawyers who know
nothing
: of the mechanical nature of the Leica.  I would challenge you on this
one -
: I think that amongst my friends most go for the Nikon F5 or Canon
equivalent
: - few if any even know about the leica. Seriously.  If that person is
trying
: to say that some people own the leica simply for the name that's probably
: true but then so is it true for many other camera brands.
:
: Anyway - Any of the doctors, lawyers, dentist care to add their name to
this
: new Survey.
:
: Ernie 'in rehab but it ain't working' Nitka
:
:
:
: On 2/21/02 3:30 PM, "Kyle Cassidy" <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
:
: >>> Much of Leicas market is Doctors and Lawyers.. Who buy the name and
: >>> could care less if its mechanical..
: >>
: >> is this literally true, or is "Doctors and Lawyers" a figure of speech
for
: >> "well-heeled amateur photographers?"  i'd be interested in seeing any
: >> demographic information about the new leica buyer.  i did once buy a
new
: >> leica.
: >
: > i think it's anticdotal evidence based on lug postings. it ceritanly
seems
: > viable to me. they both seem to run thicker than normal around here. or
: > maybe they just post more than the "well-heeled" non doctor and lawyer
: > amature photographers on the list. i'd need a grant from the NEH to come
up
: > with more conclusive data.
: >
: > kc
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