They could be selling old stock remaining in inventory at the old prices. The new agreement probably doesn't allow them to advertise anything other than the current price.
These types of price advertising agreements have been around for years. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I think it has always been thus... I have been accustomed to > looking for that "current price" or 'see price in cart" link. I think > maybe the difference now might have to do with the DA vs FA lenses... > seems like the FA lenses (somebody mentioned the relative deal on the > FA 31 vs the DA 16-50 last week) have preserved the lower price, while > the DAs have not? The DA 16-50 remains a cool $1500 when I place it > in my cart at B&H... hilarious. Or, maybe the FAs have new lower > prices? I can't say, as I haven't been watching closely... but read > into that what you may, as regards future FF plans... > > ;) > -c > > ps: congrats on the k-5 -- you won't be disappointed! > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm wondering if there isn't some rebellion or loophole leaping still >> going on in the world of big camera retailers with regard to Pentax's >> new lens price policy: >> >> Example: FA 77 Limited at B&H >> Advertised price page: >> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/388316-REG/Pentax_27980_Telephoto_SMCP_FA_77mm_f_1_8.html >> >> Reduced price page: >> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&sku=388316&is=REG&A=details&Q= >> >> Notice in each of the two URLs above you will find the B&H SKU number >> (388316 in this case). >> If you find the B&H SKU for any item, you can plug it in for the sku= >> value in the 2nd URL to find the "in the cart" price. >> >> Also, on the first link above, notice how below the $1099 you see a >> link that says "Click to see current price". >> >> Adorama is doing basically the same thing and has the same selling >> price on this particular lens. However (and I find this interesting) >> you'll find that the sellers on Amazon haven't gotten the memo: >> http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-SMCP-FA-77mm-Limited-Lens/dp/B000EA3RW4/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1335154857&sr=1-1 >> >> It looks (to me) like the big retailers (like B&H and Adorama) are >> going to stick to the Letter of the Law and "advertise" the price that >> Pentax dictates, but their actual selling price is just another click >> away. >> >> Anyone have any observations? Or am I just "discovering" something >> everyone has known already? >> >> -- >> 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.
