Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're right of course, George. In the last few years I've purchased 3 M bodies and 8 M lenses new. While this may not be typical, I'm certainly not alone in buying new Leica gear. But I buy used as well. Most of my R gear was purchased in used but mint condition. All of my Hasselblad gear was either demo or used. Len On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Lottermoser George wrote: > If this "nobody buys new Leica" were true; then there would be no > used gear available. It's just silly. In most cases Leica has been > unable to keep up with demand when new items have become available. > > And as previously stated, I've purchased a new Leica body and Lens. > I've also purchased a couple Leica bodies and lenses, as demos, > from licensed dealers; which is pretty darn close to new. They > never left the store - until I walked out with them. > > Also: I not only buy Leica used, I also bought all of my > Hasselblad, Linhof, Deardorf, Schneider, Rodenstock, Durst, and > etc. gear used. How will those companies survive? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:24 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> nobody >> seems to buy anything made by Leica new. If Leica don't sell >> lenses, where >> will they make their annuity income from? > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information