Brad, I really don't think anyone here would think anything one way or t'other if you sold off your Pentax gear and bought another system. People do it all the time. I can think of a couple of regular contributors here that have sold off a goodly amount of their Pentax systems over the last few months
If you're unhappy with Pentax, either the equipment or the service, or both, you should get into a system that suits your needs. Complaining to this list will not solve your photographic problems (not that I have a problem with your venting here). Getting into a system that you're happy with will. regards, frank Brad Dobo wrote: > I may die of shock if I saw Pentax advertising here. Especially on TV! > > Yes, I'm up that dirty creek. I'm not too happy about it and honestly want > to take everything and sell it and save and get a Nikon or Canon DSLR. No > more bull. If Pentax can't meet needs, it won't survive. I don't care if > it's local, Pentax Canada, or Pentax. > > What I just laugh my rear off at is that they are coming out with a new 35mm > SLR? LOL Just when everyone is going digital...that's Pentax for ya. Was > the MZ-S (in sales, not performance) not enough of a flop? Looks to me like > they are digging their own grave. > > Now, ya all hear this. :-) Just because I'm ticked at Pentax doesn't mean > I'm insulting the group or individuals. So no flames, please. I'm still a > Pentax owner, so here I am. I still will need help with it, so here I am. > Did I make a wrong choice right from the beginning? I am starting to think > so. Unless Pentax gets their act together. I happen to like what I've been > able to get my hands on. They make it hard however. > > Just a random thought, this Pentax DSLR, coming out in what...the PCA? Or > something. Anyhow, what if it doesn't come out, everyone had all these same > reactions up to and a couple days past the Photokina. If they don't come > out with a DSLR, what will you do? > > Regards, > > Brad Dobo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun Canning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 8:15 PM > Subject: RE: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-) > > > Isn't it funny how different distributors behave in different places? > Pentax > > is really getting pushed in the media here at the moment, and in > particular > > the Optio 330 and 430's and binoculars. Mainly because it is spring, and > > that means horse races.... The Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate etc > > etc. Now this may be an entirely Victorian phenomenon, because of the > spring > > racing carnival, but I haven't noticed any other manufacturers advertising > > at all. I'm talking mainstream prime-time TV ads here. > > > > As for Brad's dilemma. Mate your really up s*&t creek unless you want to > > purchase online, or at least travel to somewhere that has the parts you > > want. Same goes for the ads mentioned above, distributors are funny > things. > > There's a box of cable releases less than 75 kilometres from my > door.....yet > > you can't get one for love nor money. > > > > cheers > > > > Shaun Canning > > PhD Student > > Archaeology Department > > La Trobe University, Bundoora, > > Australia, 3086. > > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Phone: 0414-967 644 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Dobo [mailto:brad.dobo@;rogers.com] > > Sent: Thursday, 31 October 2002 12:01 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-) > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:16 PM > > Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-) > > > > > > > On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Brad Dobo wrote: > > > > > > > Seriously. I am not going to pay USD and all the other hassles to get > > this > > > > product, I have never done so and will never do so. I'm old fashioned > > yet > > > > young. I will not give out Visa numbers on the Internet nor over the > > phone. > > > > My mother is a bank manager and you'll be appalled at the stuff that > > happens > > > > with fraud. It also makes it more expensive and harder to return if > > > > something is screwy. > > > > > > Why not? My experiences have been fast, fun and easy. I've ordered a > > > $20USD Light bulb for my enlarger, it worked fine (it shipped el' > > > cheapo ground too!). I've spent $2000CAD online at dell's website to buy > a > > > new computer. Millions do it daily. so whats the big deal? I like to > keep > > > my money in Canada, but if I can't source something locally, why stress > > > out about it? > > > > I told ya! ;-) I simply will not on principle and cautiousness > > > > > > So, my only other alternative. I could order it from the say 10 > stores > > > > (some are not real camera stores) here in London, and area, and they > > would > > > > all put their orders into the same place 'Pentax No-Canada'. I don't > > know > > > > how I'd go to dealers across the province to get this (seeing if each > > one > > > > had it in stock). The gas would cost more than their most expensive > > lens, > > > > and by the time I got home with my cable, a year would have past and > my > > > > order from the store arrived! ;-). If Pentax Canada cannot get > > something > > > > so simple, I think Pentax has a real problem at least here in NA. If > > they > > > > want to sell the MZ-S here, they should be selling it's accessories. > > They > > > > should at least have them in stock. I know this is a bad market area > > for > > > > them, so I understand when my store (or the others) does not have them > > on > > > > the shelf because they simply won't sell. But I would expect, unless > > > > ordering the 2000mm mirror or similar, that Pentax Canada would keep > > stock > > > > on these items. It's a lousy release cable. The other 3 I am told by > > my > > > > store, takes 1-5 days to get even the strangest items. Pentax, at > least > > in > > > > NA, is dying I'm afraid (or maybe just Canada) Remember, Pentax > Canada > > is > > > > one location in the largest country in the world. > > > > > > Pentax Canada has an office in Vancouver too. Call. I find it hard to > > > belive that Pentax is dying. I see so many new MZ bodies at different > > > events, parades, hockey games, etc. I see a good mix or Nikon, Canon, > and > > > pentax, even a few Minoltas. Maybe its just London, ON. Have you tried > > > calling any stores in Toronto? I've had good experiences with McBain > > > Camera in Edmonton, thats in Canada too. > > > > Does Vancouver have an office or a warehouse? Still, I won't be getting > > them from there. > > > > > http://www.mcbaincamera.com/SLR/pentax/bodyAcc.htm > > > > > > They even have the CS-130 listed. $120 CAD > > > > First, that is $15 more than my store, and I'm not about to drive to > > Edmonton. (You already know I won't do Visa, etc over 'net or phone.) > > > > > It really does sound like "Your store" is giving you the run around. It > > > may be too much work for them to bother, or they just don't sell enough > > > Pentax gear. I see lots of Pentaxes in BC, maybe thats the difference. > > > > Well, it's not my store. The reason the owner sorta suggested the > dropping > > of Pentax (and a big camera store here already has) is because of the few > > customers they get for Pentax, they have these same problems, like me. > They > > cannot get Pentax Canada to ship something that is not in the warehouse, > and > > they have taken abuse and beatings from peeved off customers and while he > > didn't say it, he sorta said, they didn't need the hassle and it wasn't a > > money maker for them (Linden Photo as well, they are considering dropping > > Pentax, so a young clerk told me, whether that is true or not...who knows. > > Interesting about Linden is that when my store didn't have the AF360FGZ in > > stock, I called them and they had it. An anomaly) > > > > > - Chris > > > > > > -- > > > Chris Murray /"\ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > > > http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL > > > Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ > > > > > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
