I was talking more or less about the big picture worldwide. Basically company A selling as many cameras in a month as company B sells in a year.
Tom C. >From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: DCRP K100D Review >Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:27:47 -0400 > >Depends where you look. I was in talking to one of my local pushers >yesterday, and Pentax is outselling Sony there. They weren't impressed >with the demand for the A100 (which had sold only about 5 units from >that store, one of the major camera retailers in Toronto). I think >they'd actually sold more film cameras than A100's over the last month. > >-Adam > >Tom C wrote: > > FWIW, Pentax expected DLSR sales volumes are dwarfed by even Sony. > > > > I agree with the principle of don't build more than you hope to sell. > > That's common sense. OTOH, not having product available on the shelf >when a > > customer wants it does not help sales or loyalty. > > > > It's a fine line. > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: Re: DCRP K100D Review > >>Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 12:24:49 -0400 > >> > >>If a store orders a large batch Pentax will build them, but they won't > >>build lenses or cameras to keep in stock, "on spec." so to speak. They > >>seem to be getting large orders for K100D cameras so they're building > >>them as fast as they can. That's a huge batch, for Pentax at least. > >> > >>Tom C wrote: > >> > >> > >>>>Manufacturers don't make things in huge batches any more. You need to > >>>>keep up with modern methods. > >>>> > >>>>John > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>>One of the reasons why Pentax doesn't sell things in big batches. LOL. > >>> > >>>Tom C. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. > >> > >> --Albert Einstein > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>[email protected] > >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
