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Originally Posted by stephan_w
To reduce prices to get a bigger part of the market is a typical american reaction, that leads directly to bancrupthy. If someone doesn't know this economic rule, he may study the history of american car builders, and where they are today with this strategy. The market leader on this planet is the company who raised the quality of the products instead of giving discounts: Toyota.
Of course, this is not exactly the best comparison, but imagine a M8 + 35 lens for about 3000 us$. It is still inferior from a technologial point of view (pixels, AF, live-view etc.) compared to a Niko D300. So why should there be a reason to buy it?
The Leicas are bought for their unique and valuable technical concept and first class customer support, not for the results in photographic reproduction. And this has always been so.
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Is that why Ford beat Toyota in J.D. Powers reliability survey in 2007? I owned a Toyota pickup and now a Ford F350 diesel, ones a toy ones a truck. Guess which one is which?The Toyota is a truck for people who don't really need a truck but just want that look. Ford Fseries outsells anything Toyota puts out. Some preceptions have a life of there own.