I fail to see a problem here. Just enter the contest on or after 31 January. Nobody's been hurt by this.
Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 3:20 PM Subject: Re: Duh! Pentax > Nick, > > You're right about the ad being in the Feb issue, > but it's pretty well-known that monthly magazines > typically make it to newsstands and mailboxes several > weeks before their printed dates. > > If the Marketing Professionals at Pentax USA don't > know that, then they don't know their own industry and > should be fired. > > More likely it was an internal communication issue > within Pentax (e.g., between the print guys and > the web guys or something). > > Either way, it makes them look pretty unprofessional. > On the other hand, I don't use Pentax gear because > their marketing staff is good. > > Have I told the list lately how much I love my MZ-S? > What a great camera! > > --Mark > > --- Nick wrote ----- > > You said it yourself, the ad is in the ~February~ > issue. It is not Pentax's fault that Peterson's > doesn't know when February is. All Ptx knows is that > they bought an ad in the Feb issue of the zine. > > Nick > > --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > If it were me, I'd just write it on my Audrey > > Hepburn calendar! -Sorry, > > wrong thread. :-) > > > > -frank > > > > Joseph Tainter wrote: > > > > > The February 02 issue of Petersen's Photographic > > says you can go to > > > www.pentaxusa.com/petersens and resister to win a > > ZX-7. Guess what? Dead > > > link. Reading the very fine print in the ad I find > > that the contest > > > starts on 1/31. Fair enough, but why advertise it > > in a magazine that > > > reached my mailbox on January 3? By January 31 > > I'll have forgotten this. > > > > > > Joe > - > 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 .
