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Subject: [Leica] Leica Prices to Fall?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun Dec 14 14:16:32 2008

"Oh," cried Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling. I must go tell
the king."

So Chicken Little ran and ran, and she met Henny Penny.

"Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Henny Penny.

"Ah, Henny Penny," said Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling, and I
must go and tell the king."

"How do you know that the Leica Prices are falling, Chicken Little?" asked
Henny Penny.

"I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my
head," said Chicken Little.

"I will go with you to the king," said Henny Penny.

So they ran along together, and they met Ducky Daddles.

"Where do you travel so fast?" asked Ducky Daddles.

"Ah, Ducky Daddles," said Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling, and
Henny Penny and I go to tell the king."

"How do you know that the sky is falling, Chicken Little?" asked Ducky
Daddles.

"I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my
head," said Chicken Little.

"I will go with you to the king," said Ducky Daddles.

So they ran along together, and they met Goosey Loosey.

"Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Goosey Loosey.

"Ah, Goosey Loosey," said Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling.
Henny Penny and Ducky Daddles and I go to tell the king."

"How do you know that the sky is falling, Chicken Little?" asked Goosey
Loosey.

"I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my
head," said Chicken Little.

"I will go with you," said Goosey Loosey.

So they ran along together, and they met Turkey Lurkey.

"Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Turkey Lurkey.

"Ah, Turkey Lurkey," said Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling, and
Henny Penny and Ducky Daddles and Goosey Loosey and I go to tell the king."

"How do you know that tge Leica Prices are falling are falling?" asked
Turkey Lurkey.

"I saw it with my eyes, I heard it with my ears, and a bit of it fell on my
head," said Chicken Little.

"I will go with you to the king," said Turkey Lurkey.

So they ran along together, and they met Foxy Loxy.

"Where do you travel so fast, Chicken Little?" asked Foxy Loxy.

"Ah, Foxy Loxy," said Chicken Little, "the Leica Prices are falling, and we
go to tell the king."

"Do you know the way to the king's house?" asked Foxy Loxy.

"No," said Chicken Little.

"No," said Henny Penny.

"No," said Ducky Daddles.

"No," said Goosey Loosey.

"No," said Turkey Lurkey.

"Then come with me and I will show you," said Foxy Loxy.

And just as he was about to lead them into his den to eat them...

...the Leica Prices went up.

"Oh dear," said Chicken Little.

"We're too late," said Henny Penny.

"Poor Foxy Loxy," said Ducky Daddles.

"No sense in going to the king," said Goosey Loosey.

"Nothing to do now but go home," said Turkey Lurkey.

And they did.



mark@rabinergroup.com
Mark William Rabiner



> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@frozenlight.eu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:36:40 +0100
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Prices to Fall?
> 
> Well, at some point it must. Today a pound is worth about ? 1.12. A
> year ago it was around ? 1.50. That is a huge change from which I
> personally benefit in two ways: I have just bought my M8 and a 50mm
> lens from a shop in Scotland, at prices well below those on the
> Continent (especially for the M8); and the cost of supporting my son
> at the University of Bath has fallen correspondingly.
> 
> Surely at some point Leica and the Japanese will have to increase UK
> prices. The can only take margin losses for so long.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> 
> On Dec 14, 2008, at 9:53 AM, FRANK DERNIE wrote:
> 
>> The volatility of the currency markets will have a big effect here,
>> if the fall of the dollar against the euro is greater than any price
>> reduction from the factory it won't happen. The pound has fallen so
>> much against the euro I expect imported goods to get more expensive
>> here in the UK despite euro price reductions.
>> :-(
>> 
>> 
>> --- On Sat, 13/12/08, Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> From: Greg Lorenzo <gregj_lorenzo@hotmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Leica] Leica Prices to Fall?
>>> To: "Leica Users Group LUG" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Saturday, 13 December, 2008, 8:40 PM
>>> The following article suggests that they might.
>>> 
>>> see:
>>> http://www.independent.ie/national-news/fastest-price-tumble-in-40-years-set
>>> -to-spark-deflation-1572713.html
>>> 
>>> On the other hand it might be a good time to stock the wet
>>> bar and cigar box.
>>> 
>>> Greg Lorenzo
>>> Calgary, Canada
>>> 
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