The only intelligent thing to do is to wait and see. Uninformed speculation by the nitwits on DPReview is not a good basis to lose sleep over. And who is going to die because the the camera is late?
John On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 19:16:30 +0100, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > > The plot thickens: > > > > > >http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=20629729 > > > > > >What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are > > >notoriously not in the know. > > > > > >If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax > USA. > > > >??? How do you know that "TammyV", a poster on the DP Review message > >boards, is a representative of Pentax USA? > > > >The information comes from a Pentax USA rep. This is clearly > >stated in the first paragraph. > > If it were *stated* that the information came from Elvis Presley would > that make it so? > > The information comes from this "TammyV" > "TammyV" *says* she got this from a store manager... > who *says* he got an email from a Pentax rep... > who *says* he got it from Pentax USA. > > It's several steps removed from being information that comes Pentax > USA. And it's subject to misinterpretation and distortion, both > deliberate and unintentional, at every step along the way. > > ----- > > Mark and Adam, you are free to form your own conclusions. I haven't > formed a conclusion. I just found the posts interesting. > > Let's see...What are the possible conclusions? I assume the two posts > originate in two different camera stores. If so, then: > > 1. Employees in two camera stores independently came up with the idea of > fabricating similar stories, each story attributed to a Pentax rep. > (Note that in each report, the delay is attributed to hardware.) > > or: > > 2. The employees in the two camera stores conspired to put out this > story. > > or: > > 3. The Pentax rep. put out this story maliciously because he is one of > the employees to be terminated on Nov. 30, when the Chinese company > takes over Pentax. > > or: > > 4. The reports do originate with a Pentax USA rep., who just happens to > be mistaken. > > or: > > 5. The reports do originate with a Pentax USA rep., who is disclosing > some inside information. > > Or there other possibilities? > > Take your pick. I don't know which is correct. I have pursued this > simply because something smells fishy to me about Pentax's explanation > for the delay. Ken has given us a good reason to believe that Pentax's > explanation is accurate, and I respect Ken and value his reports. I > could well be wrong about all this. But it will nag at me until that > fishy smell goes away. > > Joe > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
