On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 10:01:00AM -0600, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" > Subject: Re: The JCO survey > > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2006, William Robb wrote: > > > >> Why do you think Pentax should cater to people who don't buy new > >> product, thereby supporting them and their dealers? > > > > Because by buying your used lens I am giving you money to buy a new > > one. Isn't this why you are selling? > > I bought all of my M lenses from a guy who was selling Pentax to buy > Nikon. That transaction didn't do a lot for Pentax.
That's frequently the case. People who keep Pentax bodies tend to keep most of their old lenses, too (and post obsessively about them). There are some people (Godfrey comes to mind) who will part with an old lens with nary more than a twinge of regret, but they seem to be in a definite minority. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
