John Francis wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:46:52AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/22/2005 8:41:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
They should, they can't afford to lose a sale.
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I really hope the petition does some good. And, actually, I agree with you.
It's just that it doesn't seem that corporate minds work the same way as
ordinary minds do.
What Pentax can't afford to do is go after a sale that costs
them more to make than the profit margin on the sale.
It's been mentioned by several people on this list in the past: If this
will give them a new, loyal customer that can give them a lot of
profitable sales opportunities in the future, they can't afford not to.
The same is true if the investment done in going after the sale can "rub
off" on enough future products.
If this is something that corporate minds can understand,
but which ordinary minds can't, I'd say this points more
to a problem with the ordinary mind than the corporate one.
Those problems with some corporate minds is that they lack perspective
and completely fail to see a bigger picture.
- T
