A number of years ago I ask a camera store owner why he didn't stock Pentax. He explained (?) that Pentax wouldn't let him pick and choose just those items he wanted to stock, but instead dictated to him what he would be required to stock. Stated he featured Canon, carried a few Nikons and Olympus. The thing he didn't do was "bad mouth" Pentax, but instead said he considered their lenses (referred to them as "Tacks") as being "excellent.". Claimed his first SLR was a Pentax.
Jack ________________________________ From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 8:47 AM Subject: Re: K-r successor coming soon? On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Tom C wrote: >> Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> I think that the single biggest thing Pentax could do to sell >>> more cameras is to get them into stores where people can buy them. >> >> Well, yeah. But that's a little like saying the best way to become >> rich is to make lots of money. It's true, but doesn't provide much >> helpful information about how to accomplish the task. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com > > So the question becomes... why DOESN'T Pentax have a high-end presence > in Costco, Walmart, Best Buy, and other nationwide brick and mortar > stores? Just about the only retail presence I see is camera shops, > which typically are selling at close to MSRP, and which get a small > fraction of the traffic the above mentioned stores receive. > > It's even rare for me to even see a Pentax P&S on sale here. Pentax is still largely a niche product. It's probably volume constrained in production. The big-box stores and discounters go for brands that can be supplied in huge volume, all the time. A Pentax is still somewhat unique. It's not for everyman. I like it that way. Paul > > Tom C. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
