Bill, Price is really important here. A one dollar error is fluff to be overlooked. A 10,000 dollar error is something nobody will overlook.
You and Tom C. are welcome to continue the rant against B&H. Your rant won't save the brick and mortar shops. That train has left the station. It's wonderful that you have a Pentax retaler in Regina. In the Chicago metro with 6-8 million people, we have one retailer left. Central Camera is the only place to go for a hands on look at Pentax. I can wish that this was different, but I know that I won't pay 10-20-30% extra to support a local shop. Whenever I was given the choice, I voted on price. And before you opine on all those wonderful services I lost, let me tell you this. The guys behind the counters didn't know squat about Pentax cameras and lenses. I get more good and useful feedback from this list about new products than I ever got from the bricks and mortar shops. There's an image forming in my mind of Regina, a windswept town on the frozen tundra of Canada, miles from the nearest neighbors. Rising from the plains of 1 story homes and shops is a 2 story retail beacon. It's the Regina Camera shop. In the early evening darkness I can almost see the faces of the customers, bundled against the cold, as they wind thru the streets toward the brightly lit shop. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" > Subject: Re: Message from Henry Posner, Part I > > >> Thanks Mark for putting some sanity back into this thread. >> Bill wants to argue like this is some 2 dollar item picked off of the >> store shelf. >> I think the situation changes with the price of the item and in the >> virtual store. > > The price is not germaine, the principal behind it is what is important. > If I can't depend on an online retailer to honour the pricing on his web > store shelves (and lets make no mistake, that is what the B&H website is), > then what incentive do I have to go there rather than to my B&M store that > may end up having a lower cost if B&H decides they don't have to honour the > pricing on their virtual shelves. > I can go downtown and get an honest transaction, or I can go to > B&HPhotoVideo.com and run the risk of them being dishonest with me. > Mark mentioned Cambridge Camera as an example of who not to shop with. > Is B&H really any different? > > William Robb > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
