Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, personally, I'd like to see them give a new Porsche 911 Turbo with every M7 purchase, but no one has taken me up on that offer just yet! ;-) Kit -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+leicagalpal=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of grduprey@rockwellcollins.com Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:40 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: Leica donation to students A while back, maybe 15 years?, Leica did a promotion where if you bought the 800mm Telyt, they gave you a free Volkswagen carrying case. Wonder how many takers they got? Ted, did you get one? gene Ken Firestone <kenf01@gmail.com> Sent by: lug-bounces+grduprey=rockwellcollins.com@leica-users.org 09/27/2004 10:55 AM Please respond to Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> To Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> cc Subject Re: [Leica] RE: Leica donation to students On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:36:53 -0600, Kit McChesney <leicagalpal@earthlink.net> wrote: > Karen-- > > Okay, humor well-taken. And per my note to you off-list, I think this thread > veered off into a direction that wasn't what I'd originally proposed. My > original thought was that Leica could take in used cameras from customers, > perhaps a trade-in situation, and then refurbish those for resale at > reasonable prices to photo students. I think the 'donation' part of it had > more to do with giving up profits, rather than outright giveaways of brand > new cameras! I think some on the list think I meant that Leica should be > tossing new M7s to college students totally gratis! Not so! > Leica did do something similar to this in the long ago past. When I was at the University of Maryland in the early '60's Leica gave the Journalism Dept. an M2 and an M3 DS along with some lenses for student use. The M3 made me realize the value of using a double stroke advance. -- ================================================ Ken Firestone, W3CAT Kerry-Courage under fire. kenf01@gmail.com Bush-Driving under the influence. kenf@speakeasy.net ================================================ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information