Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank God someone understands me! Yesterday I had someone who compared my price for a NEW Summicron 35 ASPH against that of a used/demo one. I was so hurt/insulted I almost fell off my chair. ;-) Joseph on 23/4/05 2:46 am, Richard at richard-lists@imagecraft.com wrote: > That's true in Chinese society, isn't it? I remember having a great deal of > difficulty to tell my family that, yes, while we can afford new clothes for > our children, it makes so much more sense to buy used clothes since they > grow up out it so fast... When I was growing up, we were so poor that you > passing down the clothes to another person in the family or to your friends > until there's no fabric left is the norm :-). So the stigma is "why > wouldn't nice clean clothes be in the store? Did something happen to the > child?" etc. > > Of course with the Leica, if you find a 50 year old Leica, chances are that > the owner did finally go to the Big Leica store up there... :-) > > At 11:14 AM 4/22/2005, Joseph Yao wrote: > >> Little does Coenen know that there is a taboo/stigma associated with >> buying >> used/second hand in certain cultures. By not offering (I am not saying >> they >> should or should not) an entry level model, Leica is turning away many >> potential customers. This is where Cosina/Voigtlander have succeeded and >> I >> expect the Zeiss Ikon camera and lenses will accomplish the same. >> >> Joseph >> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >