All good points George!
Way way back in 1998 when I bought my first NEW Pentax, a PZ-1p, I went to
several photo/cam stores and the salesmen hung all over me and drooled when
I looked at Nikons. When I looked at the PZ-1p, about all they said was "Uh
Huh". I rewarded their assistance by buying mail order. :-)
Tom C.
>
> I am not arguing with the above statement but I would like to mention a
> couple of things that its first sentence ("What I'm seeing here on the
list
> is ... than the images they produce on film, too,") made me think of.
>
> Rambling Point I - It can be difficult to not become defensive about
anything
> if you are treated like a second class citizen long enough. Until I moved
> recently it was not at all uncommon for the sales person's attitude to
change
> to almost polite disinterest once they found out I was interested in 35mm
SLR
> Pentax. This is after I had walked past several feet of Nikon and Canon
> counter space and moved extra promotional material for yet other dealers
off
> of the 3 to 4 feet of Pentax counter space generally located in the least
> visible part of the store.
>
> In one way I do not fault these stores. It was most likely they were
selling
> fewer Pentax items then other brands. They are in the business of making
> money and I do not blame them going with their winners. In another way I
got
> tired of lack of knowledge or in some cases missinfomation. I realize
they
> are not selling one item and there is lot to know but I would much prefer
"I
> do not know" or if they are not busy "I do not know let me ask" instead of
> being given a line of BS. [There - I feel better now!!]
>
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