That's been the charge against Pentax from as long ago as the early 80's. When I first moved to this area, I went in to "the" local camera shop only to be told that they didn't stock Pentax due to their high volume purchase requirements. I'm not familiar with their current policy in this regard, but whatever it is, it's hard to imagine it couldn't have been fixed long since. More than likely it's an excuse to put off Pentax shoppers in favor of Cankon spiffs.
Jack --- On Fri, 2/6/09, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: "One of the best budget DSLRs available?" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 10:38 AM > Even if Pentax makes a product to challenge > the other makers, it is no challenge when it is so > difficult to > purchase. > > I just did a check in the Sacramento, California region to > see if I > could find a store that had one in stock. Seems that > Pentax is all > but gone from this region. The two main stores that had > been > stocking Pentax no longer do. They indicate Pentax > requirements make > it unreasonable to carry their products anymore. So for > those who > know the area, Pardee's and Action Camera are no longer > dealing with > Pentax. Sad to hear. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Friday, February 6, 2009, 5:19:27 AM, you wrote: > > BW> The Register reviewed and *really* likes the Pentax > K-m (K2000). > > BW> "If the K-m doesn’t force other camera > manufacturers to raise their game > BW> in the entry-level DSLR sector, we’ll eat our > collective hats." > > BW> http://snipurl.com/berte > BW> > http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/02/06/review_digital_slr_camera_pentax_k_m/ > > BW> -bmw > > > BW> -- > BW> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > BW> [email protected] > BW> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > BW> 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. -- 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.
