paul_chan4 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 New M8s are priced at $4795 or thereabouts in most reputable stores. What's the catch when you see ads for the same brand new items with passport warranty at about 4K? Caveat emptor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarfudd Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Caveat Emptor/There's One Born Every Minute/If it seems to good to be true...... Leica dealers sell M8s for $4795; they are obligated to do so. If you find one advertised for less, it's either imported for grey market sale (not elgible for U.S. passport warranty) Or just a flat out scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_s Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 The M8 isn't offered with Passport Warranty, period, so that should be your #1 clue that something's not quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarfudd Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 tru dat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 I hear in the Ukraine, Nigeria and parts of Brooklyn you can get one for $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_palmer Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Theres's one on the big auction site for 1000pounds. " buy it Now" just listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 << ... with passport warranty at about 4K? ... >> <p> Perhaps it means that you get the privilege of paying for a few <i>passport photos</i> of the seller as part of the deal, thus making it theoretically easier for the seller to make a fast exit from the jurisdiction a step ahead of the authorities when the whole thing is exposed as a cruel joke :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_unsworth1 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 "The M8 isn't offered with Passport Warranty, period" That's strange, mine came with a black document with 'Leica Passport' on the front, and inside it says that the camera will be covered for accidental damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_s Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 "That's strange, mine came with a black document with 'Leica Passport' on the front, and inside it says that the camera will be covered for accidental damage." That's very interesting: Maybe Leica shaved off some expenses for the USA market because of the weak US Dollar. None of the US-market M8s has the Passport, but other products like Digilux 3 still do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason_geller1 Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 As a student looking into the M8, I found that Leica has extended the student program to this camera as well. It's 20% off the MSRP and you must be a registered student /faculty member. I was also told by different sources that the price as of 7/01/07(July 1st for for my Euro friends) will go up $200 here in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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