That's the basic truth. If camera stores knew that you could buy stuff cheaper direct from Pentax, how many camera stores do you think would carry the Pentax line of equipment?
Personally, I believe that Pentax should open an online store and sell their stuff at better prices (cheaper) because it's too damned hard to find stores that carry Pentax gear right now. Dump the stores and sell direct. Of course, the folks that want to trade in their old gear for new wouldn't be happy but I think we here in the PDML would be happy to have a real Pentax website where we could order anything they make at reasonable prices. If they included repair parts for do-it-yourself folks, that would be all the better. I don't think that's too radical an idea. Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:26 PM Subject: Re: Pentax prices > Not strange at all. Pentax would rather you buy from their authorized dealers, so they keep their prices higher to keep from competing with the dealers. > > Doug > > > > At 4:19 PM -05003/8/02, Collin Brendemuehl wrote, or at least typed: > >My son called Pentax last week > >to get a price on the eyecup M > >to put on his Super Program. > >(I wanted one for my MX as well.) > >They quoted about $30 on the phone. > >They're only about $15 online. > >Strange marketing. > > > >Collin - 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 .
