Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/19

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Subject: [Leica] un-believable
From: leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee)
Date: Fri Dec 19 10:19:25 2008
References: <C4BF7AB3-DB7F-43A5-9A3A-62AFC042AE67@mac.com>, <0766D75F62F045958454B7D05DD7505A@D1S9FY41>, <F0CD03AB-507D-492C-9FDB-6B8E0CA09C11@mac.com>

Quoth the George :

> For me it was the tone;
> which had the feeling of a non profit agency.

And your point?

> This time of year and in these economic times
> these types of letters usually come from
> food pantries and homeless shelters.

Actually, it read to me much like a small-world, "we're all family" 
sort of thing, aimed at their existing population of dealers, 
customers, and dreamers.

Used to see these sorts of things in the back of smalltown shoppers' 
gazettes - "We'd appreciate if you'd buy this product.  It's at least 
as good as anything else we sell in its class and the guy who makes 
it wants to marry our daughter."

Have to admit I like the low-key approach.  No "You Too Can Be Steve 
McCurry," no "National Geographic keeps track of our customer list," 
no "Nubile Women will rip their OWN clothes off when they see one of 
our cameras!!!!!!"

I have a dealer nearby but, what with one thing and another, I have 
better uses for the cash just now.


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R. Clayton McKee                           http://www.rcmckee.com
Photojournalist                               rcmckee@rcmckee.com
P O Box 571900                           voice/fax   713/783-3502
Houston, TX 77257-1900                   cell phone #  on request


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