Agree. Corporate communications is an element of marketing, designed to shape consumers' image of a company. Truth, right, motherhood, and apple pie are not factors. To me it matters not a whit why they chose to (or were forced to) change their projected delivery dates. At most, it indicates an inefficiency in their ability to forecast production, quality control, shipping, and other factors. I would like for them to be the perfect organization, always able to know what they are doing and always able to execute it. Why? Because that might give me a scintilla of additional confidence in the product and in the Company's long term ability to support the product with upgrades, repair service, and accessories.. But ultimately, all I really care about is the product. When I get it, eventually, some day, soon now, I will care about whether it works for what I want it to do, not about whether it was delivered in the same week/month/year/decade originally projected.
Stan, the pragmatist... On Oct 26, 2006, at 3:22 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I just can't believe that people would take the hearsay about "stated > reason for the delay" seriously. Joe comments as if Pentax were > lying to him personally, and poses a note which seems to indicate > that we should all be shocked and horrified from some lofty position > of moral superiority. > > It's all hot air. If the camera is late to arrive, it's late. Big > deal for some, I guess, mostly for Pentax. > > Why bother about what caused the delay other than to just blow more > hot air around? What does it really matter? > > Godfrey > > > On Oct 26, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Tom C wrote: > >> They call that spin now Joe. Or possibly a simple >> miscommunication. ;-) >> >>> If this post is correct, it confirms what some of us suspected: >>> Pentax's >>> stated reason for the delay was a fabrication: >>> >>> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? >>> forum=1036&message=20624601 >>> >>> I don't mind that Pentax delayed the camera to get it right. I do >>> mind >>> being lied to. > > > -- > 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
