Brendan MacRae wrote: > "Well, I don't know anthing about it, I haven't read any of > the reviews on it, and I don't make those decisions anyway > the owner does. There's a lot of great gear out there that we > don't carry." At that point he handed me the charge slip to > sign and I took my yellow copy and left.
I've come across similar circumstances where good gear by one manufacturer, doesn't feature strongly at the local dealer - if stocked at all. I often wonder - and I'm not saying this is the case here - if the squeeze is put on by brand leaders and possibly as this may feature as the shops main income from their sales, by them *implying* that stocking or promoting a rival product may make their terms, margins and support to be a little less desirable to the dealer. Rival product 'x' may be wonderful, but the risk too high to stock it. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
