Pentax has a new strategy to get into big box stores and mass retailers. To do this they are dropping or significantly curtailing support for small specialty retailers. It would help if the big box stores actually carried their equipment, but that doesn't seem to be happening, even those that used to like Sears, Wal Mart, and in photography the Execrable Ritz Photo chain), seem to not have any, or in the case of Ritz made Pentax "special order" only.
-----Original Message----- >From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 6, 2009 2:50 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: "One of the best budget DSLRs available?" > >Well, I'm saying that the store that I have bought half of my Pentax >equipment at (which is quite a bit) is no longer carrying Pentax. >Essentially, the stores that were carrying Pentax fairly recently are >no longer carrying them. The problem may have existed for a long >time, but these are very recent events. > >It was interesting to note, I asked if I could order one, and both >stores said no. So they are not even taking orders anymore. > >-- >Best regards, >Bruce > > >Friday, February 6, 2009, 11:33:43 AM, you wrote: > > >JD> That's been the charge against Pentax from as long ago as the >JD> early 80's. When I first moved to this area, I went in to "the" >JD> local camera shop only to be told that they didn't stock Pentax >JD> due to their high volume purchase requirements. >JD> I'm not familiar with their current policy in this regard, but >JD> whatever it is, it's hard to imagine it couldn't have been fixed long >since. >JD> More than likely it's an excuse to put off Pentax shoppers in favor of >Cankon spiffs. > >JD> Jack > > >JD> --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: "One of the best budget DSLRs available?" >>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 10:38 AM >>> Even if Pentax makes a product to challenge >>> the other makers, it is no challenge when it is so >>> difficult to >>> purchase. >>> >>> I just did a check in the Sacramento, California region to >>> see if I >>> could find a store that had one in stock. Seems that >>> Pentax is all >>> but gone from this region. The two main stores that had >>> been >>> stocking Pentax no longer do. They indicate Pentax >>> requirements make >>> it unreasonable to carry their products anymore. So for >>> those who >>> know the area, Pardee's and Action Camera are no longer >>> dealing with >>> Pentax. Sad to hear. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Bruce >>> >>> >>> Friday, February 6, 2009, 5:19:27 AM, you wrote: >>> >>> BW> The Register reviewed and *really* likes the Pentax >>> K-m (K2000). >>> >>> BW> "If the K-m doesn’t force other camera >>> manufacturers to raise their game >>> BW> in the entry-level DSLR sector, we’ll eat our >>> collective hats." >>> >>> BW> http://snipurl.com/berte >>> BW> >>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/06/review_digital_slr_camera_pentax_k_m/ >>> >>> BW> -bmw >>> >>> >>> BW> -- >>> BW> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> BW> [email protected] >>> BW> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> BW> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>> directly above and follow the directions. > > >JD> > >JD> -- >JD> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >JD> [email protected] >JD> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >JD> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- I want to die peacfuly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car... Will Shriner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
