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Subject: [Leica] Re: What recession?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri Feb 20 08:36:51 2009
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Larry,
You will be surprised:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/business/20repo.html

Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin
<lrzeitlin@optonline.net>wrote:

> Complaining about high Leica lens prices? Don't be a cheapskate.
>
> Because of an inflated former job title, I am on the mailing list of a
> magazine "Showboats International." This glossy rag features luxury yachts
> costing upwards of $1,000,000. The pages are replete with 100 ft. plus
> boats, featuring interiors that would put Westminster Castle to shame.
> Tucked amongst the ads for Rolex watches and executive jets is one from an
> Italian pen maker, Tibaldi. Partnering with Riva, an Italian classy 
> runabout
> maker, Tibaldi offers an inlayed wood ball point pen for a mere $3000. Come
> on now. It's a ball point pen that probably doesn't write any better than a
> Bic.
>
> One of the articles is an interview with a yacht owner, an aged man
> sporting a nubile young female companion far too young to be his daughter.
> Dangling from his shoulder, like a piece of jewelry, is a Leica IIIf. The
> text of the article suggests that his hobby, in addition to clipping
> coupons, is adorning his floating palace with functional antiques - the 
> best
> products from each era. The centerpiece is a collection of old Leica
> cameras.
>
> Obviously luxury yachting is one segment of the economy that the world
> recession hasn't impacted. Boatyards specializing in construction of yachts
> for the super rich are backed up for years. Although a few have been 
> caught,
> most of the Bernie Madoffs of the world are alive and living on their
> floating pleasure domes off the Cote d' Or.
>
> So spring for that new 18 mm lens. Keep Dr. Kaufmann on his yacht.
>
> Larry Z
>
> P.S. I'm bitter because, as of this morning, my investment portfolio has
> lost 50% of its former value.
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