Ah vindication! Thanks John. I think the giveaway is fine. It's just that I think they stopped short of what would make it a really great one.
Tom C. >From: John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:02:11 -0400 > >He does make a valid point though. > >I'd be far more likely to buy a lens for a camera I just won than I >would to buy a camera to fit a lens or a flash ... although I think >Pentax'd probably get better marketing value for giving away a camera kit. > >I'd be far more likely to buy *ANOTHER* lens for a camera I'd won if I >could it use right out of the box. > >And it's far more likely I'd eventually follow an upgrade path once >committed to the system than if I have a lens or a flash I couldn't use >for anything but a paperweight. > >Sometimes I wonder if Pentax hired all of IBM's old marketing guys. > >From: >Godfrey DiGiorgi > > 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. > > >-- >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
