[Leica] un-believable

[sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner)]

Dante, with great respect, you utterly disqualify your comment and reveal 
your lack of knowledge of product by equating the Leica M8 to an (obsolete) 
Honda Civic. What rubbish.

Seth

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dante Stella" <dstella1@ameritech.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] un-believable


>I don't even think Leica is even in the same class the US auto
> industry - which has as good technology as anyone's but has been
> struggling mightily with product mix and cost-effective production.
> More importantly, the prices are not out of scale.  Leica, on the
> other hand, doesn't even have the technology - and unless you believe
> that having Germans assemble it is worth a ton of money,* the prices
> are way out of line.  The equivalent of an M8 in the automotive world
> would be building a 1997 Civic and selling it today for $60,000.
>
> Dante
>
> *Assuming Solms and not Portugal does the work.
>
> On Dec 19, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Philip Forrest wrote:
>
>> I don't think it's unbelievable, I think it's hilarious for the
>> cult-ish status symbol. I love Leica's products (the ones I own) but I
>> also think that they, like the US auto industry, are desperate due to
>> lack of innovation and foresight. My M4 will be working long after
>> Leica is gone and my lenses will as well. I'm happy with that for now.
>> Phil Forrest
>>
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