I think all list members should immediately cancel their pre-orders. Pentax is obviously up to no good. Paul (Who wants to ensure that he gets his camera sooner:-)
On Oct 26, 2006, at 9:27 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > "The reason is simple: the Gray Market." > > John, thanks for your thoughtful reply, and for the time you took to > write it. I appreciate your insight into the retail photo business. > > Something still doesn't seem right though. Your argument about gray > market would make sense if supply exceeded demand. But for a while, > demand for the K10D will exceed the supply. No seller in, say, Ulan > Bator or Malta, will need to resell the camera to a dodgy retailer in > New York. They can sell locally all they can get, and then some. > B&H and > Adorama have offered it for more than the list price. They couldn't do > that if supply would exceed demand. > > The whole thing still sounds fishy to me. Maybe its just me. And maybe > it is more important for the list to fight with JCO or talk about the > Swiss navy. > > Joe > > -- > 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
