Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Because a lot of people are not comfortable buying online, they want to be able to go back to the shop to complain if something is wrong, etc. I would not dream of buying anything locally; my equipment has been bought in the UK, Germany, the US and Hong Kong, most of it via the internet. But not everybody is comfortable with that, I suppose. Nathan Bill Satterfield wrote: > Why doesn't everybody just order from Rich or Patrick McKee at US prices? > > Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >> Just to clarify: yes, Leica is expensive here in Switzerland, but so >> is Nikon, Canon etc. The Leica prices are simply in line with the >> overall price level here which is higher than almost anywhere else, >> whether you are talking tomatoes in the supermarket or a Leica M7. >> >> The list price of an M7 is 4795 CHF (about $3200) and most dealers >> sell it for that. As everywhere else, if you have a special >> relationship with a dealer, you may get a discount, but I don't, so >> when I wanted an M7 back in April, I bought it at RG Lewis in London. >> That cost 1800 pounds, or about $2600, and after the VAT reclaim the >> price came down to NYC-type prices. - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 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