On Feb 8, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 8 Feb 2006 at 21:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/8/2006 6:24:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If anything Marco and/or Pentax Canada owes those who took the
time to
inquire and/or contribute an apology for not having their act
together.
Tom C.
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You're beginning to approach JCO's record for remaking the same
point over
and over.
Except he's correct.
Unfortunately, Rob, Tom is not correct. With all due respect, and
with the extra-added reminder that anyone on here is free to hold his
or her own opinion, what some less-than-respectful members of this
list have done is pretty much destroy what I, and a number of others
here, have been working to achieve for several years now, which is a
relationship with Pentax based on mutual respect and civility.
I have personally visited Pentax headquarters in Colorado, and had
conversations with many employees leading toward this relationship. I
have sat at a conference table showing off the PUG on a big digital
projector and talked up the list and its members as an invaluable
resource of opinion, both good and bad, about the Pentax product
line. I have considered it my honor to carry the PDML banner wherever
I thought it necessary, from GFM to camera shops and workshops and
into the Pentax USA offices.
And I am not alone. Other members of this list have developed ties to
Pentax reps and other employees, carrying that same banner.
It has hurt me to read the hateful things that have been said about
Pentax employees over my years here. These are hard-working, regular
people with families, who are doing the best job they can, and when
they are vilified, attacked personally, it's been all I could do to
hold my tongue.
I was here long before Aaron left. I remember his first faltering
steps in his business. When Frank forwarded Aaron's email from Marco,
I trusted that it was legit, and when the follow-up came, that any
questions could be sent to Marco's direct email address at Pentax
Canada, it sealed the deal. Here was a regular guy, asking other
regular guys, to show off a few photos, at no risk whatsoever.
And then, to have the whole thing blow up because some list members
apparently don't have the good sense and respect to write civil
inquiries just shocks and saddens me. Adding insult to injury, now
there is a hue and cry that someone Pentax Canada owes them an
apology. No. No. No.
I don't call anyone a jackass and then demand an apology for my doing
so.
The actions of a few members have given the PDML a black eye, and I
am ashamed of it. Someone owes the list an apology, and it damn sure
isn't Pentax Canada.
Doug Brewer
List Guy
