I recall one other time, asking at a chain camera store, whether they had a PZ-1p in stock. They said "Yes we do". I said "Where is it? I don't see it". They said "We don't put it out on the shelf. We only have one of them".
How's that for a sales strategy? Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: Re: PZ-1p review > At 16:04 26-12-2001 -0500, Tom C. wrote: > >The fact it didn't do well may be part marketing, part Nikon/Canon mentality > >of the consumer-masses. > > I should say definitely some sort of marketing failure. > I have never, ever seen a (P)Z-1 or (P)Z1-p in the flesh and I've been in a > lot of camera shops in my time! > I briefly owned a Z-70 which is probably on a par with the Z-1 in the looks > department. Great camera to use, but wouldn't win any prizes in a beauty > contest. Come to think of it, don't see many of those around either. > I think Pentax found their way again with the introduction of the ZX/MZ series. > > The Canon/Nikon mentality is thriving as illustrated by my old colleague. > He wanted to buy an SLR to replace his old praktica and asked my advice. I > duly gave it. He still came back with a Nikon F65. He'd been swayed by the > swanky name. > > Wendy > > --- > Wendy Beard > Ottawa, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
