[Leica] Re: Henning's RD 1 report - Emanuel's calling me out...:-)

[feli at creocollective.com (Feli di Giorgio)]

Is it the Euro/Dollar exchange rate? Anyone know what it is today?
$1.35 for a Euro?

feli


On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 11:19, B. D. Colen wrote:
> While whatdoyaknow - I slept through the latest outrageous price
> increase- an M7 is now $2795, not $2500. Ooops. And, btw, B&Hs price is
> pretty much the same as everyone elses - that is "list."
> 
> Is management stupid enough to think they can charge a $700 premium to
> start charging you more? Yes.
> 
> And according to the latest Leica World News, Leica M7 and MP will only
> be available outside the custom program in .72. Which means that a .72
> is, for this nanosecond, $2800, but a .58 or a .85 is $3500 - or $700
> more. (Sorry that I exaggerated by $300 ;-))
> 
> All of this only goes to reinforce my message -
>  Leica is dead - Long live Hermes
>