Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I'm wondering is why you think I need to divert more of my income to save a corporation? I think that I spent quite a lot on the Marquee this past year on all new stuff. I am not willing to go out and make a purchase of sevearl thousands of dollars so that the company might survivve. I'd like to see them do that,, but they have so far not asked me my opinion in the some 40 years I have been using their product. I've done enough. I'm not into charity when the beneficiary is a stockholder may or may not even have a sense of what the product is. Corporate Charity doesn't work. The best thing that has happened in years for Leica is that Zeiss and others have nipped at some heels. Wakes them up, gets them moving. Of course, the difference in our opinions might lie in the fact that it is cocktail time their and pain-killer time here. Sonny On 9/20/07, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, Sonny, if you decide that your photographic objectives are best met > by > Leica, you better try keeping them solvent. I think it will get more > difficult for them unless they move production to Asia. They should do > what > Nvidia does, become a design house, and get others to manufacture their > products to whatever tolerances they want. In that case a lot more money > can > go into R&D. As they are structured at present, and at their size, it > looks > bleak IMHO. If the world economy does slide, they could be wiped out. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On 9/20/07, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 9/20/07, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Well thats nice to know. If we want Leica to survive, we should buy > more > > > new. > > > > > > Um. Innovation, competition, and good marketing practice will allow > > Leica > > to survive. > > > > Do I charitably purchase a $2000 lens that I do not need so that some > > share-holders get a piece of it, and thus decide to invest further? > > > > Nope, I buy the bits I need, like an M8 and batteries, and a grip. That > > was > > not a purchase made in hopes Leica survives. These things further my > > photography. > > > > I truly believe Leica has seen the worst and wants to prevail. > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://www.sonc.com > > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA