Malcolm Smith schrieb: > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Kinda shoots down that whole "support small local shops >> instead of buying from the big Internet retailers" argument, >> doesn't it? >> :( > > I've more or less given up with small shops. Getting Pentax products locally > has been a pain for a number of years anyway, but the last couple of visits > to a shop were ruined by the staff trying to sell me what they want shot of. > Some are stunned you want to examine the goods before paying up. At this > point, the shop has outlived it's usefulness in the consumer buying chain. > > If you know what you want, you can compare prices and have the item > delivered to your door without leaving the house. Sometimes these small > shops are their own worst enemy. > > Malcolm
Fortunately, my local store is totally different. Some weeks ago, I put an eye on a used Sigma 5.6/400 they were offering. I was asked whether I wanted to look through it on a body, and put it on a K100D. As I just had a memory card with me I was able to take some shots to look at later. They would never talk me into something, they listen to what I want, and they know what they are talking about. Probably a dying species, and I'm just a lucky guy. Pancho -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
