I imagine we'll get some sort of indication as Photokina takes place in a couple weeks.
Jack --- On Sun, 9/14/08, Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bob Blakely <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Disturbing News > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 14, 2008, 9:15 AM > 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. > > Regards > Bob... > --------------------------------------------------------------- > "I don't mind if you don't like my manners. > I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. > I grieve over them long winter evenings." > -- Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) > > > -- > 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.
