pricing of pentax products is insane: witness the rebates on their lenses, which sell *before* they hit the shelves (e.g. limiteds -- I had to wait for a month or so for an "update" from B&H).
best, mishka On 4/25/07, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is Pentax doing that? Prices recently came down on the K10D, at least. That > would seem to indicate they're not selling every item as soon as it hits the > shelves and sales of the new model has peaked and is tapering off. That also > indicates the profit margin on new ones rolling of the assembly line just > shrunk. > > Also it matters because selling 100% of what you make at little to no profit > does not keep a business running and provides little capital to invest in > new R&D for the next new product. > > > Tom C. > > > >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Pentax Update - Shakeup in the Works (again) > >Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:23:53 -0400 > > > >Also, WTFDDIM if you have 1%, 10%, or 80% of the market as long as you > >are selling all the product you can make, as it seems Pentax is doing? > >The only problem comes when you have lots of stock sitting in warehouses > >and poor sales. Then you are in trouble even if you have 100% of the > >market. > > > >There are companies out their who only have .01% of their market, but > >are making out like bandits. There are companies who have a near > >monopoly and are sinking fast. ROI is the important thing, not market > >share. > > > >-graywolf > > > > > >P. J. Alling wrote: > > > Funny, the market share of DSLRs is supposed to be much higher. I > > > expect mis-information being used used as an attack. Reuters doesn't > > > give a source for that 2.3% figure anywhere do they. Most likely they > > > got that number from a party trying to sway shareholder sentiment. It's > > > always a good bet to depend on reporters laziness. > > > > > > Tom C wrote: > > >> http://tinyurl.com/2la524 > > >> > > >> >From Reuters... > > >> > > >> The move to overthrow Pentax's current management comes after Watanuki > >told > > >> Sparx in a meeting last week that he rejected the earlier merger plan > >though > > >> he hadn't mapped out an alternative to Hoya's proposal, the source > >said. > > >> > > >> Although Watanuki has denied that he was opposed to the merger plan > >with > > >> high-tech glass maker Hoya, local media have reported that the majority > >of > > >> the Pentax board, including the new president, went against Urano for > >having > > >> been open to the possible sale of the company's camera business. > > >> > > >> Pentax, which had been a pioneer in cameras with removable lenses for > > >> professionals and advanced amateurs, has lost out in the shift to > >digital > > >> devices. Its market share in the global digital camera market stands at > >just > > >> 2.3 percent. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > >-- > >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
