I'm betting on a very good price from Pentax. The *ist-D was continued as the top body on the Pentaximaging web site until just before the K10d introduction. I expect that Pentax dumped their remaining stock at bargain prices to make sure they weren't stuck with them. It would have been the smart thing to do, and they seem to be doing a fair number of smart things lately.
John Forbes wrote: > Nor do you make money by sticking a high price on something and watching > it sit on the shelf 'til it rusts away. > > Either somebody ordered too many, or Pentax made too many. Mistakes do > happen. Somebody has lost out. > > John > > On Fri, 08 Dec 2006 09:12:26 -0000, P. J. Alling > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Because I worked in Retail John, you don't make money by loosing money >> on each sale and making it up on volume. >> >> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >> >>> I still dont see why you think this seller >>> got/gets the NEW *istD bodies cheap. They may be >>> losing their ass on them. I dont know, >>> but how do you? >>> jco >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>> P. J. Alling >>> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 4:30 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: *istD kits down to $499 New >>> >>> >>> Think computers, the *ist-D is a discontinued computer. It's >>> replacement is available now. It's being dumped before another >>> generation makes it unsaleable. The 28-80 doesn't have a sterling >>> reputation and they were made to be sold with the *ist film cameras. >>> I'll bet Pentax has a ton of them, for which there is not much demand. >>> Most film users can afford cameras with higher perceived value most of >>> which can use or need to use an aperture ring. The lens is an orphan. >>> Once again it's being dumped before it becomes unsaleable. This is just >>> >>> the beginning of the price slide. B&H photo is still selling the *ist-D >>> >>> for 799 without lens. But look to see much deeper discounting real >>> soon. Face it with an APS sensor 28-80 is not a very popular focal >>> length. >>> 18-50 or so is. >>> >>> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >>> >>> >>>> High price? Wasnt the istD originally >>>> over $1000 for just the body? This is >>>> about $450 for a new *istD body and >>>> about $50 for all the rest including the >>>> FAJ lens by my estimate.....How do you >>>> know they got them (the bodies) cheap? >>>> jco >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>>> Of P. J. Alling >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:29 PM >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: *istD kits down to $499 New >>>> >>>> >>>> Nope, not wide at all, (like 43mm on a FF film camera), and the FAJ is >>>> FF. They're unloading a kit they put together fairly cheaply at a >>>> relatively high price. >>>> >>>> J. C. O'Connell wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160060811759 >>>>> >>>>> Seems like they are trying to unload these >>>>> older leftover models now..... >>>>> >>>>> How about that kit lens : Pentax SMC FAJ 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Autofocus >>>>> Zoom Lens? Is that a APS or FF lens? Curious be because 28 isnt very >>>>> wide on APS now is it? >>>>> >>>>> jco >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
