"Pentax Japan Worldwide Imaging Conglomerate and Storm Door Company"
You're closer than you may think with that observation -- Pentax make survey equipment and medical imaging products. I thought I had heard that medical imaging outperformed cameras by a wide margin, sales-wise. As a wise man once said, "That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise." -Aaron -----Original Message----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: Miffed at Adorama (Gotta vent!) Date: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:58 am Size: 1K To: [email protected] I called Adorama this morning to be sure that the order I placed has been cancelled and that my credit card was not charged. I spoke with a fellow named Tobias. He said that the camera is not on backorder, and that he shows two in stock. His suggestion was that I not cancel the order and wait to the end of the day "to see if the camera ships." What kind of crap is that. Either the camera is in stock or it's not. Either they can ship or they can't. But to ask a customer to wait and see what happens is ludicrous. What ever happened to service? Bill, I agree with you about Pentax having a greater hand in the distribution of their products. All I want, and probably other customers want as well, is a straight answer to my questions and to be able to simply purchase a camera. I understand that the problem may be with Pentax USA, but the problem may also be with Pentax Japan Worldwide Imaging Conglomerate and Storm Door Company for not being able to supply product or being straightforward about it's availability. Shel > [Original Message] > From: William Robb > > The DS2 was on their site for quite some time after I > > placed my order - almost 24 hours. Anyway, I'm past > > that and am continuing to look for the camera here in the > > US. I'm probably more miffed at Pentax for not having > > the camera in stock or available for purchase here in the US. > > Pentax USA is not owned by Pentax Japan, IIRC. > Perhaps your market would be better served if Pentax had more to > do with the distributor than just lending them a name to put on the door.
