That's where I got my spare (black) MX - from their "bargain" shelf (the meter wasn't working). I'd stopped in to pick up some of the new Provia 400 film (only released a week or so before), and made the mistake of looking in the used equipment section.
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:39:36AM -0700, Bob Blakely wrote: > Samy's is a large outfit carrying top o' the line Nikon, Canon, Hasselblad, > et., as well as all varieties of P&S cameras. Further, they have a large web > presence. They provide processing for professionals as well as equipment > rental (lighting, cameras, backdrops, etc.) They are not "Ritz". > > 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: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > 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. -- 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.
