Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] R10 news
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Thu Oct 30 07:50:27 2008
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the DMR has held its value since they did not make that much

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:29 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hmmmm.
>
> Your advice is good, except for this new electronic age, where depreciation
> of the electronic camera is astronomical and product lifetime is 3~5 years.
>
> i.e. when I bought an M5 new, I knew it would hold its value, for decades.
>  When I bought my M8 new, well, you all know what happened.  Bought in
> January at $4500, sold at $3300 in Sept (9 months later).
> Sigh.
>
> Vick
>
>
>
> wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>> Geoff Hopkinson wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Meanwhile ALL new Leica is going up here 20%+ in a couple of days!
>>> Next week an M8.2 will be listed at 85% (Yes that is correct) more than
>>> lowest price I was quoted for the M8.0 in August this year at a large
>>> dealer
>>> in Australia. My own was bought before that last February. Hmm no more
>>> discounting it seems.
>>
>> My experience over the last 30-40 years has been that as soon as you might
>> be able to afford a Leica you should grab it because at any moment and for
>> no apparent reason the price will go up to
>> OMG-I'll-never-be-able-to-afford-it levels.
>>
>> Doug Herr
>> Birdman of Sacramento
>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>
>
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