Bob Blakely wrote: > I usually buy my gear from Samy's as they have a local store just down the > road in Santa Ana. I stopped in to pick up another "walking around" bag and > found that all the Pentax gear is now gone from their shelves. The have only > left over stock. It's not that they don't want to sell Pentax. It's because > they can't get a hold of any reps to deal with because Pentax USA has (as > the folks at Samy's told me) "let all their reps go." > > What the bloody hell is happening to Pentax (Hoya)? Are they rolling over? > Are we eventually going to be left high and dry because someone, somewhere > doesn't have the guts to market Pentax effectually? > > Move over Minolta, Konica users. If this keeps up we'll be joining you down > memory lane.
Old news: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/04/pentax-sky-offi.html The dealer may not have been entirely truthful to you about this being the *reason* they aren't carrying Pentax any longer, because several other camera makers have moved to this sales structure (that is, by type/size of retailer rather than by geographic location) some time ago. -- 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.
