Tom C.wrote: >The fact that Pentax 'can't afford to take chances' speaks as to just where they are.
Tom, The high tech marketplace is littered with failed enterprises that mis-calculated their chances. I can think of 3 camera companies at least. Being conservative is often a wise course of action. Stop complaining about it until you are risking your own money, or own the company. Regards, Bob S. On 12/5/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No actually I pass up lots of chances <bg>, and if you read what I post in a > positive vein and assign it the same weight as what I post more negatively, > you'd likely find that I'm not a pessimist. I'm simply one of those who > doesn't bask in the rosy pink glow of the Pentax Sun. > > The fact that Pentax 'can't afford to take chances' speaks as to just where > they are. > > I'm still waiting to see what they come out with after the K10D. Whether > they introduce a further upgrade, or cut costs, reduce price, and then do > what... push the high megapixels. > > I'd be highly pleased to see an upgrade model. > > > Tom C. > > > >From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: K10D's available > >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:30:48 -0600 > > > >Tom C., > > > >People think you are a pessimist because you never pass up a chance to > >interpret things in a negative way for Pentax. Have you ever done any > >new product forecasting? I did it for a time in the toy industry. > >Pentax did exactly what they had to. Here is why. > > > >Sales/Marketing guys say you'll sell 2-3 times as many of this new > >item as you did the last one. Production says "Yeah!, cost will go > >down if we make that big of a production run." Distribution and > >Finance say, "You have not sold that many of anything in this price > >range in a number of years." (Distribution looks around and says, "We > >still have 3 years of inventory for the last new item you > >introduced.") Smart management says, "Build 1X and lets see how it > >sells." (knowing that they cannot afford to eat the costs of 2 years > >of inventory not sold) > > > >We all come from different walks of life here, but the folks on the > >list are really intelligent. We haven't all been to business school, > >but most people get it. The risks in this fast moving market are > >enormous and could easily bankrupt Pentax. They took a chance > >developing the K10D and I love them for it. Thankfully the > >marketplace is rewarding them too. > > > >Tom, you should be happy for them and for us! Show 'em some love. :-) > > > >Regards, Bob S. > > > > > >On 12/5/06, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why to you persist in labeling persons as pessimists when Pentax > >themselves > > > said: > > > > > > 'However, although we cannot give you any specific figures, we were > > > overwhelmed by far more than twice the pre-booking order qty of k100D. > >For > > > example, a big chain store who pre-booked 300 units of K100D now gave us > >a > > > pre-booking order of over 1,000 units. This is just in Japan but the > >market > > > reaction in overseas market is much larger than that' - According to > >Ken's > > > translation > > > > > > When people suspected, stated, found true that Pentax would have trouble > > > meeting demand, it was not mere pessimism. It proved to be accurate. > >It's > > > also accurate to conclude that if Pentax has trouble meeting demand, a > > > certain % of sales may be forfeited. The fact that B&H, the pre-eminent > > > specialty photography mail order dealer in the USA gets a supply in > > > relatively short order, is not too surprising. And they are just one > > > retailer, and it is just the 2nd wave. > > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Re: K10D's available > > > >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:06:47 -0500 > > > > > > > >Yes, Pentax seems to be doing a good job of refilling the pipeline. As > > > >reported here earlier, B&H has them in stock again. That's why the > > > >introduction was delayed. A good move. Apparently, management isn't > > > >quite as bad as the pessimists would have us believe. > > > >Paul > > > >On Dec 5, 2006, at 5:08 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > > > > > > > > > Just got back from my local store picking up a spare Pentax branded > > > > > battery for the K10D. The store has received it's second batch of > > > > > K10D's and still has 3 in stock. Not to mention about 10 batteries. > > > > > So if someone still wants to get one and can't locate one, let me > >know > > > > > and I'll provide contact information for you. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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
