I used to work for Ritz. From what I gathered, their relationship with Pentax was rocky at best. Their smaller stores will get the K200's, but for a K20 you'd have to go to one of their 'Ultra' stores. The smaller stores only get a basic selection of gear (kit lenses, 55-200/75-300s, the odd tamron 18-200, maybe one or two 'specialty' Canikon lenses), while the Ultra's have a pretty good selection. If customer came in looking for an item we didn't have, we could transfer it from our local Ultra store or 'Ritz Express' it in. In all honesty, if they have to ritz express an item in, you're better off buying it online.
As for their ads, I don't think they check local inventory when they print them. I helped open a new store, and the grand opening ad mentioned a cheapo clearance film P&S that we never even had in stock. The only reason I go there anymore is a) I still have friends who work there and b) they're geographically closer than anything but walmart. Jake On Jun 22, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > gldnbearz wrote: >> 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? >> > > No. That's a misprint. > > >> What would be the point in losing the business of walk-in customers >> by >> selling them out of date merchandise? >> > > Maybe they've found that walk-in customers don't usually return for > more > stuff anyway? > > -bmw > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
