Samy's is very high volumn for top o' the line & mid range equipment. 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)
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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. -- 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.
