You need to further clarify your last statement about how someone who bought five is more likely than someone who hasn't bought any. Wouldn't the one who hadnt be more likely to really need a new one badly? I am not saying your wrong but I don't understand how its so quite simple to say that...I think we would need to know the reasons WHY one bought five and one bought none to be a simple deduction but in general its probably right, just not a no brainer slam prediction IMHO...
Regarding Pentax change in policy, I would say that your RULE # 2 doesn't apply because this is a 180 degree change from their very long term policy regarding SLR system components support. jco -----Original Message----- From: John Francis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Proposition and a Vote_ WAS_Petition to Pentax? On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 08:19:27AM +0100, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, John Francis wrote: > > >[how many cameras have you bought in the last 10 years?] ... > > New, I suppose? > > While I respect your opinion, I am not sure how you would expolit > these data if you get a significant number of responses. > > Kostas It's really quite simple. 1) Pentax are in the business of selling cameras (and lenses). 2) Past behaviour is the best predictor of future behaviour. Somebody who has bought five new cameras in the last decade is more likely to buy another one than somebody who hasn't bought a single one. We wouldn't exploit the data - we'd present it to Pentax.
