Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Of course, but there does come a price point of no return, and I'd suggest they are getting damn close to it. The fact that they're sitting on so much inventory says something about the decline of film and the sale of cameras to put it in, and it says something about the fact that the R line has been a loss leader for some time. But it may also say something about Leica pricing. Sure, it's a high-end camera. But in this, the tail end of the age of film, how many people are there out there - really - who are going to pay 3K and up for a manual film camera that is little different from the camera of 50 years ago? Especially when there are such good used cameras available. On 6/2/05 1:24 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > Their real accounting ( costs like labor, etc.) is in Euros. They must > convert dollars to Euros to figure if they have a profit. > > It is always an excuse to raise prices when the main currency drops > compared > to the big market currency, but at times, it is fair. However, for the > past > few years, the dollar has sunk against the Euro, so prices should have > dropped. They did not. > > So yes, this is an excuse to produce some more, free, revenue. What is > also true is that it is fortuitous for Leica, a Company in great financial > trouble. Survival requires some gnashing of the teeth... this should have > caused that gnashing. IF I were King? Yes, I would do the same in this > time of bankers all over my back. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > Could the Euro be an excuse, rather than a cause? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information