Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yesterday i dropped in bergen county camera (www.bergencountycamera.com) and i saw they had something like 9 M's (mostly M6's, there was an M3 and an M2, and an M6J and M6 classic titanium an M6 classic 0.85 in the box in mint condition, and two m7's. i had never seen so many used M bodies there. The cheapest m6 was about $1,100 and looked (though the glass case) to be in nice shape. - -rei On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 06:46:14PM -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > Jim > > The local Leica dealers have lots of M6's from people who > want M7's and/ or MP's. I wish they had a chrome M6, but > they are all black. The LA dealers have chrome ones, but I > won't drive up to see them. > > Jerry > > Jim Shulman wrote: > > > Ted, I'm with you. The new stuff is in the stratosphere, while barely > > used equipment takes a much bigger price hit today. > > > > Has anyone taken a look lately at the decline in used Leica prices? > > Last year you'd be luck to find a really gorgeous M3 body CLAd for less > > than a grand. This week I've not only heard of one (WITH a MR meter), > > but also an M4 in similar shape with MR-4 meter for the same sub-$1000 > > price. The same is true for lenses. I know of a dealer who's > > upside-down on a number of items: a Summarex in lovely shape that, a > > year or so ago would have fetched $1500-1700 on THAT WEBSITE now could > > barely make a grand, if he were really lucky. You also see near-perfect > > M7s at $1600-1700 going up against brand new ones for close to $2600. > > It's hard to sell new equipment as an investment in lifetime enjoyment > > when customers see price drops that steep. > > > > As recently as last year you could invest in good condition, clean used > > Leica stuff and more or less get your money back when you decided to > > sell. That ain't the case today--and with more than 50% of the new > > equipment market in the US going for digital in 2003, I doubt it's going > > to get much better for Leica equipment. > > > > Jim Shulman > > Bryn Mawr, PA - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html