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Subject: [Leica] Leica marketing tour - for this guy it's madness
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest)
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:21:19 -0500
References: <4cfa589b1003091445j71d99733t6a996c1b41b83435@mail.gmail.com>

hahahahahaha.
So it's THAT kind of stupidity that Leica is banking on. Goodness
gracious. If I really want to see an M9, I can find one or two in the
hands of a few people in Philly. or I can paint up my M4 for a day, add
some gaffer tape for additional thickness, an LCD protector with a
superslide underneath taped to the back door. My M9.4 would have cost
me less than $10USD.
Phil Forrest


On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:45:30 -0800
Adam Bridge <abridge at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got a flyer in the mail yesterday from good ol' Leica USA touting
> their big road show tour.
> 
> Great! I'd love to see the latest gear.
> 
> Oh - but I have to pay them $100 to participate if I want to see the
> M9 and $150 for the S2.
> 
> I found myself almost irrationally irritated by this. It's tone-deaf
> to the times, at least in the part of California, and they don't
> appear to offer anything (besides possibly some hands-on experience) I
> can't get from the net and a visit to my dealer.
> 
> I'm just shaking my head.
> 
> Adam Bridge
> 
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