Well, I'm saying that the store that I have bought half of my Pentax equipment at (which is quite a bit) is no longer carrying Pentax. Essentially, the stores that were carrying Pentax fairly recently are no longer carrying them. The problem may have existed for a long time, but these are very recent events.
It was interesting to note, I asked if I could order one, and both stores said no. So they are not even taking orders anymore. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 6, 2009, 11:33:43 AM, you wrote: JD> That's been the charge against Pentax from as long ago as the JD> early 80's. When I first moved to this area, I went in to "the" JD> local camera shop only to be told that they didn't stock Pentax JD> due to their high volume purchase requirements. JD> I'm not familiar with their current policy in this regard, but JD> whatever it is, it's hard to imagine it couldn't have been fixed long since. JD> More than likely it's an excuse to put off Pentax shoppers in favor of Cankon spiffs. JD> Jack JD> --- 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. JD> JD> -- JD> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JD> [email protected] JD> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net JD> 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.
