peterv Posted January 7, 2009 Share #101 Posted January 7, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) And than when you click you read this: Now Taking Deposits for First Shipments Mid-2009, Pricing is for deposit, actual price to be determined by Leica USA when product is released. So I guess they want to stay on the safe side... I personally think this 'estimated price' as way too high... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Hi peterv, Take a look here Mr. Kaufmann on S2 price, production start, R-compability. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wlaidlaw Posted January 7, 2009 Share #102 Posted January 7, 2009 By the way, I saw that this dealer has listed the S2 body for sale at $24,995. What is up with that? .......and I thought the M8-2 pricing was optimistic. If that price is anything other than "pie in the sky" - which is what I suspect it is, the S2 will really struggle to sell against Phase Ones, Leafs and Hassys. For that price, I can buy a "new" Contax 645 outfit from Hong Kong and a P45+ back plus a couple of extra lenses. Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted January 7, 2009 Share #103 Posted January 7, 2009 By the way, I saw that this dealer has listed the S2 body for sale at $24,995. What is up with that? The West Coast Cameras Leica Specialty Shop - Your #1 Leica USA Authorized Dealer Click on: "Now Taking Deposits for First Shipments Mid-2009, Pricing is for deposit, actual price to be determined by Leica USA when product is released., Lenses sold Separately." Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 7, 2009 Share #104 Posted January 7, 2009 A very strange move by the dealer... they do publish a very high price (for the body only... not a single info on lenses pricing and availability), then specify is a deposit only, real price unknown...lenses are a mistery... I wonder which sense there is in this, and also if their "outing" is someway endorsed by Leica... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooky Posted January 8, 2009 Share #105 Posted January 8, 2009 Geese, pretty hard to believe that it would be that pricey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikasmg Posted January 8, 2009 Share #106 Posted January 8, 2009 A very strange move by the dealer... they do publish a very high price (for the body only... not a single info on lenses pricing and availability), then specify is a deposit only, real price unknown...lenses are a mistery... I wonder which sense there is in this, and also if their "outing" is someway endorsed by Leica... Could just be a way to get some cashflow going in these hard times :-| Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted January 8, 2009 Share #107 Posted January 8, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could just be a way to get some cashflow going in these hard times :-| I am sure they have been flooded with deposits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 8, 2009 Share #108 Posted January 8, 2009 And than when you click you read this: Now Taking Deposits for First Shipments Mid-2009, Pricing is for deposit, actual price to be determined by Leica USA when product is released. Which is not very nice to do... Martin Meister just took my pre-order for the Summilux 21 and refused any deposit. As it should be... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman Villain Posted January 8, 2009 Share #109 Posted January 8, 2009 25 grand is about what I was expecting. But the price hasn't officially been released yet so who knows what it may actually end up being Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 8, 2009 Share #110 Posted January 8, 2009 I am sure they have been flooded with deposits. YOU BET... ... why keeping money in your pockets ? A serious dealer can be better that some bank ,nowadays... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterv Posted January 9, 2009 Share #111 Posted January 9, 2009 Which is not very nice to do... Martin Meister just took my pre-order for the Summilux 21 and refused any deposit. As it should be... Agreed, Jaap. This $25.000 dealer in the US is making a bad move with this 'deposit', I think. Don't think Leica will be happy with this either. Now this 25k figure is 'out there' and we all know how the internet works... BTW I read lots of good things about Meister. Would love to have some extra cash and try them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted January 9, 2009 Share #112 Posted January 9, 2009 Meister in both Berlin and Hamburg are great places to shop, both in person as well as via e-mail. I've ordered thing there 15.00 in the afternoon and had them the next day here in Denmark. Also, part of their service is that you can negotiate prices (because the prices on the 2nd hand products in the shop and online is often the prices set when they got the stuff in. But as prices can change due to demand and/or that they suddenly find themself with 10 of the same item). As for "the 25,000$" dealer they don't seem that qualified. I looked under DMR in their shop and all I found was a 4GB card SDHC which wouldn't be compatible with the DMR. And a few other funny things. I think they're just trying to look wise and well stocked. But Leica should get them to stop issuing prices. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikasmg Posted January 10, 2009 Share #113 Posted January 10, 2009 Which is not very nice to do... Martin Meister just took my pre-order for the Summilux 21 and refused any deposit. As it should be... Interesting. I ordered the same ting from the same place (well, the Hamburg store) and they will not charge me till they ship. He indicated "some time in February" - is that about your time estimate as well? Here in SIngapore the Leica distributor will only say "Mid-2009". I'm content to wait till Feb anyway. Too busy scanning my old negatives and slides. Incidentally, I got a Konika-Minolta scanner on e-Bay- it's very good. Though it's now out of production the Windows and Mac software is still downloadable from their web site along with the manual. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 17, 2009 Share #114 Posted January 17, 2009 Well this is saying the price is only $99M. At that price Leica only need to sell one. Very clever of Dr Kauffman. The West Coast Cameras Leica Specialty Shop - Your #1 Leica USA Authorized Dealer Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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