"1. Re the delivery delay, Pentax's reason seems to be true. They realized that the current stock level was obviously inadequate. But the production has started approx a month ago."
Thanks, Ken. This is hopeful news. But I cannot believe Pentax's reason for the delay. If production started a month ago, Pentax should have about 13,000 K10D cameras by now. It makes no sense that these are just sitting in a warehouse rather than earning the company a return on its investment. Pentax hasn't done anything like this with previous products. I remember waiting and waiting to get a DA 14 when it was first released. It arrived in the U.S. four months after it was available in Europe. Pentax is saying that they won't ship any cameras until they have 35,000 in the warehouse. That is bizarre. (I'm not questioning your report, Ken, just commenting on Pentax's claim.) But perhaps it comes down to what is meant by "production." Pentax UK reported that assembly started October 11. (Of course, this is from "Pentax guys," whose reports are often inaccurate.) Perhaps "production" in this case means that production of components started in September, and that assembly of components started when Pentax UK said they did. If so, the delay in shipping would make more sense. Well, it doesn't matter. The camera will come when the camera comes. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
