> > From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/11/22 Wed AM 11:16:57 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Camera stores revisited. > > > mike wilson wrote: > > > The big, comparitively unseen disadvantage to this the reduction in > > choice. Box stores will only sell that merchandise that makes the most > > profit in the niche. Locally, two breweries have closed in the last five > > years because they were not making enough profit for the multinational > > conglomerates that bought them up with promises of increased investment. > > A confectionery manufacturer, in production on the same site for nearly > > 300 years, has been moved to a cheaper labour market for the same reason. > > > > Trying to buy a flash or grip for the K10D from Tescos would be a classic > > exercise in futility. > > Absolutely. I also presume at this buying power level they can call the > shots on volume discount from the suppliers, who must want to have this kind > of product distribution and hope that customer satisfaction will lead to > buyers looking elsewhere for other parts of the system which aren't volume > sellers. > > Who wins and who loses?
What elsewhere, though? The only answer I can see is that manufacturers sell their own low-turnover goods from dedicated websites or through online auction houses. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
