>-----Original Message----- >From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 7:18 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: is it a bubble? > >On 4/22/05, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> My limited, local, experience, is that most camera >salespeople that I run into are pushing >Canon & Nikon and >could care less about what the Pentax line offers. This is >most likely >due to the push those camera makers exert on the >store sales people, which I suspect is >lacking with Pentax. > >A case in point being Vic, of this list. He ventured into >Henry's (I don't recall which location, but it was one in the >Greater Toronto Area, IIRC), and asked to see the *istD (the s >wasn't out yet). He was basically told that he didn't want to >see one of those, but wanted to see a Canon or Nikon. He >said, "no, I want to see a Pentax *istD", and got the same response. >
I had a similar experience at one Henry's: the salesman's pitch was that Pentax had a bad track record regarding support for older lenses, as compared to Nikon. (I kid you not!) I didn't know enough to refute his claim at the time, but I had my suspicions. ( "Did it hurt when you pulled that out of your ass?" ) I walked away and pondered/dithered some more. Later, I *did* buy my DS at Henry's downtown, where the salesman was knowledgeable, listened to his customers' needs, and gave well-informed opinions. (AIR, he sold 2 DSLRs while I was waiting to speak to him - a Canon dRebel and a Nikon D70. No apparent bias there.) jp
