Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > The plot thickens: > > > >http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=20629729 > > > >What? More hearsay from people asking Camera salesmen, who are > >notoriously not in the know. > > > >If you read carefully, the information actually comes from Pentax USA. > >??? How do you know that "TammyV", a poster on the DP Review message >boards, is a representative of Pentax USA? > >The information comes from a Pentax USA rep. This is clearly >stated in the first paragraph.
If it were *stated* that the information came from Elvis Presley would that make it so? The information comes from this "TammyV" "TammyV" *says* she got this from a store manager... who *says* he got an email from a Pentax rep... who *says* he got it from Pentax USA. It's several steps removed from being information that comes Pentax USA. And it's subject to misinterpretation and distortion, both deliberate and unintentional, at every step along the way. ----- Mark and Adam, you are free to form your own conclusions. I haven't formed a conclusion. I just found the posts interesting. Let's see...What are the possible conclusions? I assume the two posts originate in two different camera stores. If so, then: 1. Employees in two camera stores independently came up with the idea of fabricating similar stories, each story attributed to a Pentax rep. (Note that in each report, the delay is attributed to hardware.) or: 2. The employees in the two camera stores conspired to put out this story. or: 3. The Pentax rep. put out this story maliciously because he is one of the employees to be terminated on Nov. 30, when the Chinese company takes over Pentax. or: 4. The reports do originate with a Pentax USA rep., who just happens to be mistaken. or: 5. The reports do originate with a Pentax USA rep., who is disclosing some inside information. Or there other possibilities? Take your pick. I don't know which is correct. I have pursued this simply because something smells fishy to me about Pentax's explanation for the delay. Ken has given us a good reason to believe that Pentax's explanation is accurate, and I respect Ken and value his reports. I could well be wrong about all this. But it will nag at me until that fishy smell goes away. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
