P. J. Alling wrote: >I had noticed the same thing at a local retailer. Unfortunately it looks >like Pentax may be abandoning "low volume" retailers. > >
Not only. The three SLR brands on sale at the major chain camera shop in one of the biggest UK shopping malls? Canon, Nikon and Sony. >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. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.21/1671 - Release Date: 14/09/2008 >07:16 > > > -- 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.
