Hello Kostas, If you are 8-10 years away from buying what does it matter?
As to the facts, Pentax reduced the Manufactures Suggested Retail Price, not discounts from that. What discounters do with that is certainly their business. I would expect them to sell for the highest price they can. That would mean not initially passing the discount on - in a sense, they already were. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 6, 2004, 8:21:31 AM, you wrote: KK> On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Bruce Dayton wrote: >> What about the retailers that were already discounted below MSRP? KK> Aren't they all? >> Should they also drop their prices $300? Seems that they would want >> to sell as close to MSRP-300 as possible. This was the case with my >> local shop. KK> Again it's all relative, but let's compare like with like. This means, KK> let's leave out the local shops and concentrate on Internet-based KK> sales, as per the thread. >> While we all want low prices, the *istD is really targeted at the >> Canon 10D/Nikon D100 crowd. The pricing shouldn't be that different >> from them. KK> Do C***n and N***n offer rebates? What is the point of a rebate if the KK> consumer cannot benefit? >> are buying within their system or buying the top names in 35mm. They >> will still buy a 300D or D70. All that happens is Pentax loses money >> and has a real problem pricing a real BabyD. KK> The discussion started with a fact and a question. KK> Fact: There is a rebate on the *istD. KK> Question: Who sells it cheaper, as a result of the above? KK> The analysis that you are making about Pentax's situation sounds very KK> plausible to me *but* this discussion started after the fact that KK> Pentax reduced the price. >> If you want it, buy it! If you have followed the list, those who have >> by and large report very positively about the experience and use. KK> Ahem. I have not tried/no funds/no real need for the Z1-p yet, let KK> alone the MZ-S. I am probably 8-10 years away from the *istD. KK> Kostas
