Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica is raising prices because they need to, to raise revenue and they think they can do it in their market. Whether the increase reduces sales unreasonably is a wait and see but their betting is it will have very little negative effect. In the past rather than drop prices, Leica offered rebates, so we may be stuck with the higher MSRPs. Bob --- 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 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com