Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why spare, it's fun to wind you up. - ----- Original Message ----- From: <leica@davidmorton.org> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:21 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] London prices > Andrew Schroter wrote: > > "The Brit shopkeepers are thieves. I've seen television news shows decrying > the shopkeeper's practices." > > Oh good grief, spare us the sweeping generalisations. Dixons is *well known* > as a rip-off store and to tar all UK dealers with the same brush is utterly > unreasonable. > > "remember, though, that price includes the VAT. > In the US, One can get a new R8 for USD1695 net of the $200 Leica Rebate. > buy on a Dealers Leica day and you can get an additional 10% off the list > price (1,895-189.50 -200rebate, net $1505.50) at an exchange rate of > 1.447USD to 1GBP, that's about 1,40.43GBP in the US. It will pay for your > vacation in NYC to come to NY and buy on a Leica dealer's day." > > And you'll have to declare it and pay duty *and* VAT on the way back. > Meanwhile Robert White will sell you an R8 for GBP1325+VAT > http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/leica.htm > > -- > David Morton > dmorton@journalist.co.uk > > "The more opinions you have, the less you see." -- Wim Wenders.