The big box stores require adequate stock be available before they buy. You run into a bit of a problem when the manufacturer makes 5000 a month and you have 10,000 stores to put them in. The local Wal-Mart did have some istD-L's for a bit about a year back however. And they quite often had Pentax P&S's.
P. J. Alling wrote: > Two of the three remaining independent stores within "easy" driving > distance have Pentax prominently displayed. Even the Ritz camera stores > have them and the 50-200 in stock, (though the K10 is scarce as hens > teeth). The big box stores (Wal-Mart, Target, Circuit City, etc.), seem > to have never heard of Pentax. > > William Robb wrote: >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" >> Subject: Re: Pentax - Selling HQ and Apparently Drops 645D >> >> >> >>> I agree. But in terms of retail exposure, it's gotten much better for >>> Pentax in the last six months. You couldn't find a Pentax *ist camera >>> in any of the local camera stores. But since the introduction of the >>> K series, they've been in the display cases. Now they're beginning to >>> be featured prominently. I don't know if this is happening >>> everywhere, but it's certainly obvious here in Michigan. >>> >> It's gotten better here as well, but our local retailer really likes the >> brand. It hasn't hurt at all that the new cameras are pretty close to best >> in class as well. >> They still aren't well represented in the big box places though. >> >> William Robb >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
