Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/02

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Subject: [Leica] And so it begins...
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Jan 2 07:04:05 2009
References: <7ac27f4f0901010423q3f8af819sed4a13b6c6e621c0@mail.gmail.com> <36F9C863-DE64-4FC6-85F9-17D1DD8648E5@frozenlight.eu> <7ac27f4f0901011728w4820ed86qa423c17d8dc46def@mail.gmail.com> <BLU0-SMTP4285CF7082C2BDBDF4E1538CE20@phx.gbl> <4C32BA7F-0AC6-49A3-99F6-E13C3DEB6DC2@frozenlight.eu> <a3f189160901020639p13d9fa37y38607779839a258b@mail.gmail.com> <495E2939.2050307@tele2.fr>

Cant be - none of them are available here! :-) ! Only the Micky Donald
stuff.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Philippe AMARD 
<philippe.amard@tele2.fr>wrote:

> Ever heard of this?
> http://www.economist.com/markets/bigmac/index.cfm
>
> Could well be M8, I-Mac, and R9.2 Diesel index then ;-)
> Phx
>
>
>
>
> Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>  Yes, it amazes me that people view the Dollar or the Euro or the Pound as
>> stable, and the "value" of the M8 falling or rising.
>>
>> Perhaps we should link money to the value of M8's so the currencies will
>> stabilize.  ;-)
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Nathan <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> You can a new M8 for under $3K in the UK if you buy from a dealer like
>>> ffordes.co.uk and do so before the end of January when the current 650
>>> pound rebate ends. For US buyers this is especially attractive, since you
>>> get to take advantage of both the low pound and the fact that since you
>>> are
>>> based outside the EU, you do not have to pay the 15% VAT that is included
>>> in
>>> the prices you see on their web site.
>>>
>>> Just do your math and you will discover that the net cost is around $2600
>>> plus some shipping costs and the cost of depositing a UK rebate check in
>>> your bank account.
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/01/2009, at 2:58, Vick Ko wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmm,
>>>
>>>
>>>> I was predicting $2750 by now, for new M8's with warranty.  I haven't
>>>> seen
>>>> it yet from a store, but I saw a couple very very attractive M8's at
>>>> $2800
>>>> in private offers, including one from Canada.
>>>>
>>>> At $2200, I might jump back in.
>>>> ...Vick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Richard Man wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> .... Heck, for $2200, this does get very tempting, but no
>>>>> budget now, so it's idle lusting....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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