No why would I have a problem with anyone receiving a nice prize? You obviously chose to ignore my first two sentences.
I'm just pointing out the irony of a *camera company* having "legendary" products not giving some of those legendary cameras away in a 'contest'. It would be like a major auto manufacturer running a contest and instead of including an automobile as a prize, they give away owners manuals or hubcaps. Tom C. >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest >Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:35:28 -0700 > >Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error? > >Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when >someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess >for some people the glass is always half empty. > >Godfrey > > >On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Tom C wrote: > > > Good for you. Getting a free lens when you're already a Pentax user is > > great. > > > > Pentax is being pretty cheap and backwards though. Why not give > > away a few > > camera bodies to boot? That way people that visit Pentaxian.com > > that are > > not Pentax users, if winning a body, would be introduced to Pentax > > and have > > an incentive to buy more Pentax gear. > > > > OTOH, If I went to a site like this and I was not a current Pentax > > owner, > > none of the prizes, not even a lens or a flash, would provide me the > > incentive to run out and spend money on a body to go with it. > > > > They can't afford to include a single K10D or K100D on the prize list? > > >-- >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

