Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suspect your cynicism is justified, Brian. The upgrade prices on Leica's German page have recently increased by 50%. Nathan On 02/01/2009, at 20:58, Brian Reid wrote: > >> BTW, Tony Rose says there will be a *huge* price increase for M8- >> >M8.19 >> upgrade comes end of Feb 2009 (to drive sales to the M8.2?) so get >> yours in >> if you are so inclined! > > The Leica USA web page says "For full details and to schedule an > upgrade, please contact your authorized Leica dealer or call Leica > USA at 1-201-995-0051" > > So I went over to my local authorized Leica dealer, Keeble and > Shuchat, and the guys in the service department had never heard of > the upgrade program and had never seen an M8. Odd. > > So I phoned Leica USA at the number given, and they told me that > they'd get back to me in March with an exact schedule for when I > should send my camera in, that their upgrade pipeline is full. > > The cynic in me wonders if this delay is intentional so they can > charge the higher prices. They did NOT ask me the serial number of > the M8, just my name, phone number, and email address. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog