That makes perfect sense. JIT inventory is the hot thing in manufacturing.
Unfortunately all to often its NIT inventory (not in time).
Kenneth Waller
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I think that Pentax is trying to keep production low so not to get stuck
with obsolete camera they have to discount heavily to get rid of.
That makes perfect sense. JIT inventory is the hot thing in manufacturing.
Also,
here in the US the IRS started taxing warehouse stock as assets a few
years back which makes it expensive to stockpile anything.
I didn't know that. Very interesting.
The 15mm
being an older lens probably was in a warehouse someplace in the world
and dropped shipped from there to you (however, such a lens is mostly
hand assembled anyway and may have been manufactured just for you).
It took a while to get it. I think it was over a month from order to
delivery. I do wonder about the reason for the wait. I kind of doubt that
Pentax would keep the parts laying around and assemble the lenses on
order. That wouldn't make much sense. If the parts are available then they
might as well put them together. It would make even less sense to
manufacture the parts for just one lens. I would think that they'd drop
that lens since they've added the DA 14mm to the lineup. It's all very
mysterious.
If you think Pentax Cameras are hard to get, look at Randall made knives
sometimes. You can order one for current list price ($280-300), and you
will get it in about 50 months, or you can buy one from a dealer who
ordered it 4 years ago and get it for about 2x todays list. I know
about this because I have been looking into selling one I bought used
about a decade ago. Everyone said I was crazy paying $250 for a knife, I
expect it to go for $600+ on ebay.
I've wanted a Randall knife ever since I first heard the Guy Clark song
several years ago. I looked around for one and was stunned at the prices.
It's on my list of "things I'll own one day" (but probably never will).
Tom Reese
