Tom C., People think you are a pessimist because you never pass up a chance to interpret things in a negative way for Pentax. Have you ever done any new product forecasting? I did it for a time in the toy industry. Pentax did exactly what they had to. Here is why.
Sales/Marketing guys say you'll sell 2-3 times as many of this new item as you did the last one. Production says "Yeah!, cost will go down if we make that big of a production run." Distribution and Finance say, "You have not sold that many of anything in this price range in a number of years." (Distribution looks around and says, "We still have 3 years of inventory for the last new item you introduced.") Smart management says, "Build 1X and lets see how it sells." (knowing that they cannot afford to eat the costs of 2 years of inventory not sold) We all come from different walks of life here, but the folks on the list are really intelligent. We haven't all been to business school, but most people get it. The risks in this fast moving market are enormous and could easily bankrupt Pentax. They took a chance developing the K10D and I love them for it. Thankfully the marketplace is rewarding them too. Tom, you should be happy for them and for us! Show 'em some love. :-) Regards, Bob S. On 12/5/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why to you persist in labeling persons as pessimists when Pentax themselves > said: > > 'However, although we cannot give you any specific figures, we were > overwhelmed by far more than twice the pre-booking order qty of k100D. For > example, a big chain store who pre-booked 300 units of K100D now gave us a > pre-booking order of over 1,000 units. This is just in Japan but the market > reaction in overseas market is much larger than that' - According to Ken's > translation > > When people suspected, stated, found true that Pentax would have trouble > meeting demand, it was not mere pessimism. It proved to be accurate. It's > also accurate to conclude that if Pentax has trouble meeting demand, a > certain % of sales may be forfeited. The fact that B&H, the pre-eminent > specialty photography mail order dealer in the USA gets a supply in > relatively short order, is not too surprising. And they are just one > retailer, and it is just the 2nd wave. > > > Tom C. > > > > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: K10D's available > >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:06:47 -0500 > > > >Yes, Pentax seems to be doing a good job of refilling the pipeline. As > >reported here earlier, B&H has them in stock again. That's why the > >introduction was delayed. A good move. Apparently, management isn't > >quite as bad as the pessimists would have us believe. > >Paul > >On Dec 5, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > > > Just got back from my local store picking up a spare Pentax branded > > > battery for the K10D. The store has received it's second batch of > > > K10D's and still has 3 in stock. Not to mention about 10 batteries. > > > So if someone still wants to get one and can't locate one, let me know > > > and I'll provide contact information for you. > > > > > > -- > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
