I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks like Pentax may be abandoning "low volume" retailers.
Mark Roberts wrote: > 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. > > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
