At 4:21 PM -0700 2/16/06, Tom C wrote:
From: Steve Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 3:42 PM -0700 2/16/06, Tom C wrote:
From: Steve Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
They feel that it would cheapen the brand name.
Unfortunately, I don't think Pentax suffers from that problem in
the eyes of Joe Public.
But perhaps in their own eyes they do.
And you could probably say the same thing about Apple five or six
years ago as well.
--
I said it maybe a little too obtusely... I was making the point that
Pentax shouldn't be worried about cheapening the brand name by not
selling it to the big mass market retailers as it already is not the
choice of 90% or more of the DLSR-buying public. :-)
In fact I think NOT competing in the same marketplace is what
cheapens the brand.
I agree with you about Apple, but I still wouldn't buy one. Not
because I believe they are inherently evil, just because I have no
desire to change.
Actually, I think you just reinforced my analogy with Apple (who
have, what, a 4% market share for computers?). :^)
But I am not saying that Pentax and Apple are peas in a pod. Apple
clearly shoots for the high end. Pentax offers a range of products
across the whole price spectrum.
I think the comments about their production capacity are closest to the mark.
--
Steve
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