wparsonsgisnet Posted May 29, 2007 Share #1 Posted May 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) It looks like my 30% coupon is going to expire unused. Just can't get excited about the wides available at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 29, 2007 Posted May 29, 2007 Hi wparsonsgisnet, Take a look here Not using my 30% coupon. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 29, 2007 Share #2 Posted May 29, 2007 Hey I'm just trying to find a paper bag full of money on the street. I have 2 coupons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjohn Posted May 29, 2007 Share #3 Posted May 29, 2007 Bill & Guy, Why don't you offer to buy a lens for someone on the forum and take a percentage of the savings. That way you benefit and so does a forum member. I would be interested and provide the funds via PayPal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 29, 2007 Share #4 Posted May 29, 2007 Well mine may come down to the last day decision. I want a 24mm don't really need it but hey that and the Nocti about the only thing i could use , do I need them . Hmmm Besides it would not be normal for me to make a profit, I usually lose my shirt and shorts on selling stuff. It would feel weird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoin Posted May 29, 2007 Share #5 Posted May 29, 2007 Guy, I'm looking for a getaway driver, I believe you have a fast car......interested?.....50/50 split . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjohn Posted May 29, 2007 Share #6 Posted May 29, 2007 Guy, I'm not sure how you would lose. For example, say I wanted the 28/2.8 Asph, the price is $1,495 list. at 20% off it would be $1,196 but you would pay 30% discount or $1,046 and pocket the difference of $149.50 for your trouble. The buyer would send you the $1,196 in advance so you are not out of pocket anything and stand to make a little for your trouble and time. Finally, you help a fellow forum member (not saying it has to be me but that would be nice ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 29, 2007 Share #7 Posted May 29, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) LOL I think for me it comes down to HTHTHFW ( How the hell to hide from wife) Which directly relates to IAIHLLAD ( I admit I have Leica lens aquisition disease) which the only cure relates back to number one HTHTHFW. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 29, 2007 Share #8 Posted May 29, 2007 Guy, I'm not sure how you would lose. For example, say I wanted the 28/2.8 Asph, the price is $1,495 list. at 20% off it would be $1,196 but you would pay 30% discount or $1,046 and pocket the difference of $149.50 for your trouble. The buyer would send you the $1,196 in advance so you are not out of pocket anything and stand to make a little for your trouble and time. Finally, you help a fellow forum member (not saying it has to be me but that would be nice ) I know it would feel like cheating, just to bloody honest for my own good sometimes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenerrolrd Posted May 29, 2007 Share #9 Posted May 29, 2007 Could someone publish the US price list again? The coupon is like an option to buy at a discounted price. The lenses with the greatest discount from current street prices will be the best....if the ability to sell and selling price is factored in. Don t let these expire . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Mondello Posted May 29, 2007 Share #10 Posted May 29, 2007 When do these expire? And are they transferrable (guessing not) but I would likely be up for a deal like the one proposed a few posts up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_l Posted May 29, 2007 Share #11 Posted May 29, 2007 Just remember that the lenses arrive registered to the M8 owner....so I don't think there would be any warranty on the lens to the second person (which is why they preregister them, of course, to discourage coupon transfer). Which means that if there is a problem, the seller would have to send the lens in for the buyer, or the buyer would have to just pay for repair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankg Posted May 29, 2007 Share #12 Posted May 29, 2007 Just remember that the lenses arrive registered to the M8 owner....so I don't think there would be any warranty on the lens to the second person (which is why they preregister them, of course, to discourage coupon transfer). Which means that if there is a problem, the seller would have to send the lens in for the buyer, or the buyer would have to just pay for repair. Still a lot cheaper then what a mint used lens would go for these days. If you are talking about the most popular focal lengths like the 50/1.4 ASPH. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted May 29, 2007 Share #13 Posted May 29, 2007 There is another way to do this: hook up with someone who has a coupon and the lens you want in mint condition, and split the difference in the savings. Transfer the old mint lens to the new owner, and the coupon dude keeps the coupon lens. Would that work? I have a WATE with finder, for example, which I have had for a few days now, as well as a coupon I likely won't be able to use. I could theoretically do something like this with someone who needs a WATE (+finder). I didn't even fill in the warranty cards. I don't know how the logistics work out though, given that the dealer sold the lens to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted May 29, 2007 Share #14 Posted May 29, 2007 Carsten interested to hear how you like the WATE but maybe another thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted May 29, 2007 Share #15 Posted May 29, 2007 Quick summary, and then if there is more, we will continue in another thread It is really nice, sharp, I love the accuracy of the viewfinder, and the focal lengths are perfect. I love the haptics. The downside: the workflow. If used with an IR filter, then the workflow is as follows: put lens on camera, put special finder on camera, find subject and choose which focal length you want to use, turn camera on, set focal length through menu, set the lens to that focal length, set viewfinder to that focal length, use viewfinder to roughly compose the shot, focus on selected focus point, transfer distance from lens to viewfinder, re-focus, just in case you moved, frame, and shoot. Don't forget the exposure along the way. If you don't use the filter, this simplifies. If you leave the camera on between shots and don't change the focal length, this simplifies. If you want to use it like the CV15, the you just guess the focus distance, point and shoot, and this works reasonably well. I haven't seen the flare that someone mentioned. The distortion seems low. I do manage to forget to turn off IR filter correction and hence get magenta corners, which are hard to fix. I have the 49mm Leica IR filter and John Milich's adapter on the way. All in all, it is what I wanted. I don't use a super-wide for fast work, and the quality is there, so I am happy. I might keep the CV15 for travelling though. I think when the IR filter and adapter get here, my walk-around kit will be WATE, 28/2, 50/1.4A, 90/4M. An optional, lighter kit would be CV15, 35/2A, 75/1.4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveB Posted May 29, 2007 Share #16 Posted May 29, 2007 It looks like my 30% coupon is going to expire unused. Just can't get excited. Every time a Leica 30% coupon expires unused... an angel dies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseelig Posted May 30, 2007 Share #17 Posted May 30, 2007 I would ove to have someone use there 30 percent to help me out in buying a lens I married a women with 4 kids 3 of them girls I could use a brake . Also woould give the coupon person any phot they want from my website http://www.davidseelig.com if you need a gift for any one that loves music look at my site David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertwright Posted May 30, 2007 Share #18 Posted May 30, 2007 even considering the warranty issue, with the prices that mint leica lenses are commanding on ebay, use the coupon to buy an in demand lens and simply sell it later. The profit goes to the inconvenience of having to send the camera in for the upgrade. I can't see any way to lose on this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted May 30, 2007 Share #19 Posted May 30, 2007 If I was Leica, I'd be waiting with baited breath to see just how big the last minute rush is going to be. A large number of Nocti orders arriving postmarked 30 June might not make their day. I expect there will people who delay and delay and then complain that their letter didn't make it, didn't get postmarked correctly and so on. Truth is, I do not think we will ever see new Leica lenses at these prices again so if you think you're ever going to buy one of the current lenses new, now is the time to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted May 30, 2007 Share #20 Posted May 30, 2007 Mark: What are you using to bait your breath? Cheese or angleworms? (wink! I think that phrase is short for a-bated, as in ceased, paused, "I'm holding my breath to see..."). Personally, I finally plumped for the 28 f/2.8 ASPH, since it is ever so slightly sharper than my v.3 28, much more compact, already coded, and in selling the older 28 the final out-of-pocket will be $300 or less. Like Bill, I really don't need much else - I'm covered from 15mm-135mm - and couldn't afford much else anyway. The discount via M8 coupons is probably about equal to the dealer markup, so Leica won't suffer much regardless of how they are used, or by whom. If you must feel guilty about using them, the losers are the retail dealers who might have made a sale themselves if it were not for the direct sales via the coupons. And since most dealers have sold out their entire stocks and are backordered anyway.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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