Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The reality of these lenses is that the tooling and R+D and left over parts were probably written off several years ago. They, ON THE BOOKS, are 100% Profit, minus assembly and test labor. This has nothing to do with replacement cost, etc. It is an accounting issue. Face it, at 100 pieces, even at a cost to the delaers of $3000 each, the max profit is only $300K... not a really big number. Frank Filippone red735i@earthlink.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html