Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/09

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Subject: [Leica] Leica marketing tour - for this guy it's madness
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:34:01 -0600
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If the $100 - $150 let me handle them
alone for a solid hour, in a studio situation,
and/or take them for an hour long walk,
and keep the cards full of images I'd make;
I'd seriously consider paying the dues.

If it buys me ten minutes with them in my hands
while someone yaks in my ear about them.
? absurd to the max.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist

On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Philip Forrest wrote:

> 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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