> > From: gldnbearz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/06/22 Sun PM 05:26:01 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Ads for Pentax > > There's been lots of discussion on this list and others regarding > purchasing equipment from local B&M stores vs on-line; small, > independent retailers vs large retailers. Several weeks ago, I was > wandering through a Ritz Camera store perusing the bag section when > the Pentax display case caught my eye. The K200D & the K20D were > already on the market, but the store only had a K110D and a broken > K100D Super on display (LCD didn't function, shutter did not work). > > The staff member told me that they did have a K10D at one point but > after it was sold "corporate" didn't send them a replacement. When I > inquired about the current line (K200D & K20D), the member supposed > that the management was waiting for the summer to be over and sell out > all of the existing stock of K1x0 stock. However, I was told that I > could order the K200D or K20D on-line with Ritz. If I wanted to buy > on-line, I told him that there were probably several places that had > it cheaper than Ritz and that the B&M store was losing customers. He > didn't disagree. There was another customer who came in for a Canon > lens, but the store didn't have that in stock either. It was > apparently a "special order" item. > > In the Ritz insert to Sunday's paper, I see they are advertising the > Pentax K110D Super Digital SLR as a "Blow Out Sale". Was there ever > such a K110D Super? > > What would be the point in losing the business of walk-in customers by > selling them out of date merchandise? Of course, there is always the > option of taking your purchase on-line, but is that what this has come > to?
Well...... For the first time I can remember, there is a rebate on Pentax kit in the UK. I walked past an outlet of one of our biggest retail photography chains this afternoon, in a shopping centre that is one of the biggest on the country. In contrast to the huge boards spelling out the rebates on Canon and Nikon gear, the Pentax stuff had store-printed A4 sheets quoting the full retail price. As far as anything other than the big two is concerned (and, even then, just the mainstream stuff) it makes no sense whatsoever to buy equipment fron the High Street in the UK. As model changes accelerate, this will only get worse. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
