Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm just in from looking for the Blue Moon which always appears when B.D. posts something I agree with. Too cloudy here tonight to tell though. IMHO: Tom A's Rapidwinder will mostly be purchased by those who plan to use it on a camera they use to take photographs with. The new Leica Winder will be purchased by those who plan to put it on a camera on display. Regards, Greg Steve LeHuray wrote: >B.D. Colen lashes out at Leica, again: > >>No hands on experience Sal - I'm basing it on the comparative number of >>working parts, and the materials that Tom uses - and the utterly >>ludicrous difference in price. I don't care if each unit is personally >>autographed by Herr Cohen himself - at twice the price of a Tom A. >>Rapidwinder that particular Leica offering is joke, and a rather sick >>one at that. :-) >> > >B.D., you seem to know so little about business. > >Leica has to pay for: > >Salaries for thousands of employees >Health care for thousands of employees >Factories to pay for and maintain >R&D to pay for >Advertising/marketing to pay for >Has to produce hundreds (if not thousands) of units of product everyday > >Tom Abranshom has to pay for: > >1, maybe 2 salaries >Health care for 1, maybe 2 >A small rental unit in a industrial park >No R&D to pay for >No advertising/marketing to pay for >Daily out put is maybe 1 unit per day > >Is there something I am missing here? Is there something you are missing >here? > >sl > >>-----Original Message----- >> > >>On Behalf Of Sal DiMarco,Jr. >> >> BD, you wrote ..."with it's not-as-well-made at twice-the-price >>version of Tom A's Rapidwinder." >> My question is what hands on experience do you have with the new >>Leicavit M or the previous Leicavit MP to make such a statement? >> >> For those of you who have never been to a PMA, please understand it >>is a selling show for DEALERS. PMA stands for Photo Marketing >>Association. Unlike Photo East in New York which is aimed at >>photographers. Happy Snaps, Sal >> >> >>Sal DiMarco, Jr. >>Philadelphia, PA >>Web Site: http://members.fcc.net/sal.dimarcojr >> >-- >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