[Leica] 'Leica Customers Sponsor Digital M'

[pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)]

Rick Dykstra wrote:
> Seems I'm backwards compatible too.  Should be 2006 of course.
> 
> You buy $1000 of special issue M Digital shares and get a rebate of 
> $1000 upon purchase when it's released.  Takers?
> 
> 
> On 23/02/2005, at 9:59 PM, Rick Dykstra wrote:
> 
>> Would you?  If a share offer was announced, with the express purpose 
>> of raising the money to design and introduce a Digital M body by 
>> Photokina 96, would you be in it?  What would you like to see in the 
>> prospectus and design brief?
> 
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Trouble is we don't have any idea of price, so can't judge the value of our 
$1k 
against product. As stated it's a loan to them where I get back my cash as 
value 
but loose out on the interest. You would need to add in three (??) years 
compound interest at a meaningful rate, plus some real incentive to loan 
them 
the money, ie you've got to make it better for you than simply sticking it 
in 
the bank. So, if the discount on new kit is say $1250/$1k invested it starts 
to 
sound more interesting.

But then would you want to be committed to buying a DMB? What happens if the 
company folds, or fails to meet its delivery date, etc etc...

Peter Dzwig