You're right, I didn't mention the freebie pile -- extra packaging, batteries if you buy enough cameras, and whatever else they put on the program. Generally it's something like "buy three body+lens and get this expensive flash for half price". In the MZ days, the AA grip could be had for $10 if you were buying enough bodies+lenses.
There is nothing to stop a store from opening the outer box, selling you just the body at body-only price, re-ordering a body plus different lens and getting both that body and lens at a "kit" discount again. That is my point. Anyone who refuses to do that has no financial stake in the well-being of their business. -Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subj: Re: K100D Has Arrived at B&H Date: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:17 pm Size: 1K To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Yes, which is SOP for all manufacturers, but the kit is more than simply a discount the retailer gets for the camera + lens purchase. My D50 was actually broken out of a kit by a friendly salesman, but many won't do that. -Adam Aaron Reynolds wrote: > But aren't the boxes inside that package the standard boxes? > > -Aaron > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subj: Re: K100D Has Arrived at B&H > Date: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:40 pm > Size: 1K > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Aaron Reynolds wrote: > >>On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >>>Aaargh! They only have the kit available, not body only! >> >> >>If Pentax USA works the same way Pentax Canada does, the "kit" is >>simply the discount that the retailer gets for buying a camera and lens >>at the same time. The best deals are naturally on the "kit" lens, but >>back when I was selling cameras (and when the 43mm Limited came out, I >>was just leaving that job) we would sell a body that had been bought as >>a "kit" by itself and then order a replacement for it along with an >>80-320 or some other lens that would be bought as a standalone later to >>get the "kit" price again. >> >>I'm tired and I don't know if that made sense, but what I'm saying is >>to call them because they'll probably sell you body only without a >>fight. >> >>-Aaron >> > > > > Aaron, > > The 'kit' is packaged differently in Canada, at least for the DL and DL2 > (both also available in 2 lens kits, whick also have their own packaging). > > -Adam > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
