Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I welcome the change. Hasselblad USA has never seemed terribly customer-oriented after the sale. Sort of a "When you're number one, you don't *have* to try harder." Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 9:07 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: RE: Subject: Re: [Leica] New M mount Sonnar 1.5 50mm (hoax?) Well, for cameras at least Zeiss hasn't been especially intelligent in the marketing department. I wonder what they are planning to do, selling a very much niche market that depends very much on some dealers out there to push the brand and the associated products? Time will tell. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/18/06, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 6/18/06, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > In Australia, the current distributor (who is also the Hasselblad > > distributor) don't even have a single word on them on their web > > site. Interesting marketing strategy for an (admittedly > > niche)quality product. > > I think Zeiss has decided to take back distribution from Hasselblad > and do it themselves. That's probably why. I think they're right in > the middle of this now. Stephen Gandy at CameraQuest had some issues > in connection with this change in marketing (he got shafted). > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information