I'm not sure what the definition of "Low Volume" is. However B&H and Adorama seem to be able to get Pentax to sell.
I used the quotes to indicate irony... Bob Blakely wrote: > 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. >>> > > > -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- 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.
