Wouldn't it be fair to say that the person who bought 5 new cameras is a better repeat customer than the person who has never bought a new one?
As John Francis said, Pentax is a business, & they don't make much money on the sale of second hand cameras. AT least that's how I read Johns comment. Dave On 9/22/05, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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----- > Wrom: JPHSCRTNHGSWZIDREXCAXZOWCONEUQZAAFXIS > 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. > > >
