Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan: This was about four years ago. I don't know how strong the US dollar was then, but two years ago, the Canadian dollar exchange was better than my previous trip. I think a lot of shops base their pricing on the used equipment prices they see in the US magazines. Regards, Robert At 08:28 AM 2/23/2002 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >This is an artifact of the strong dollar, which makes European prices seem >more >competitive to a visitor from the U.S. But it still does not explain the >differences in prices between European countries, especially the ones that EU >members and all use the Euro. > >Nathan > >"Robert G. Stevens" wrote: > > > When I was in Paris about four years ago I found the used equipment at > > prices competitive to the New York shops. I bought a couple of used lenses > > from La Maison du Leica when I was there. Although not a screaming deal, > > they were competitive with prices in the USA. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > > >-- >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