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2002-12-19 Thread Pål Jensen
On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 05:05 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I can assure you, that as each product is contemplated, careful consideration is given to it's ability to make money. Consumer demand comes from people who buy new things. So if we list all the stuff we bought new,

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2002-12-19 Thread Mike Johnston
Bought new: Pentax K2 Pentax ME (black) Pentax ME winder Pentax LX (three) Pentax LX finders (most of them) Pentax LX winder Pentax Z-1p Pentax MZ-S Pentax 280T flash Pentax 400T Flash Pentax 500FTZ(?) flash Pentax 18/3.5 Pentax A 24/2.8 Pentax FA Limited 31/1.8 Pentax A 35/2.8

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2002-12-18 Thread Mike Ignatiev
Dear Sir: To support the upcoming Pentax DSLR release, I enclose $50___$100 $6000__ Please send me the free T-Shirt and my PDML membership for the next year. best, mishka From: Brad Dobo Subject: Hypothetical Question taken further... Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 20:51:11 -0800

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2002-12-18 Thread Steve Desjardins
To support the upcoming Pentax DSLR release, I enclose $50___$100 $6000__ Please send me the free T-Shirt and my PDML membership for the next year. That had better be a 14 Mp T-shirt for $6K . . . Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA

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2002-12-18 Thread Dan Scott
On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 09:05 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: To support the upcoming Pentax DSLR release, I enclose $50___$100 $6000__ Please send me the free T-Shirt and my PDML membership for the next year. That had better be a 14 Mp T-shirt for $6K . . . To

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2002-12-18 Thread frank theriault
Sorry, Brad, But, I think you've got the whole marketing thing backwards (I'm saying this from the viewpoint of someone who knows ~nothing~ about marketing, btw). I shouldn't have to buy the latest and greatest equipment, to support my favourite company, so they can bring out something that I

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2002-12-18 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 11:05:39 PM, you wrote: I think one of Brad's points is that *many* on this list don't buy new stuff no matter what Pentax makes. Even if they made the kind of stuff you want, at the prices it would cost to make it, would you buy new? Probably not. [...]

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2002-12-17 Thread Brad Dobo
Just a thought. Many here (but not all) like and use the older gear, to get additional items, or replacements, they buy used equipment (not all the time, but most I assume). What do I think? To each his own. More power to you if you can really 'work' the older equipment. Now, I'm not a perfect

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2002-12-17 Thread Jim Apilado
-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:50:36 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hypothetical Question taken further... Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:50:32 -0500 Just a thought. Many here (but not all) like and use the older gear, to get

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2002-12-17 Thread Mark D.
--- Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, we all talk about Pentax and their position, rank and financial, and what they will be in the future, and really..what about that darned DSLR? What I'm thinking is, we as a whole group are the serious amateurs, or professionals using

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2002-12-17 Thread Shaun Canning
compete. Jim A. From: Brad Dobo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:50:36 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hypothetical Question taken further... Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resent-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 23:50:32 -0500 Just a thought. Many here

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2002-12-17 Thread eactivist
In a message dated 12/18/2002 1:28:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, MAILER-DAEMON writes: In a message dated 12/17/2002 11:50:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm thinking is, we as a whole group are the serious amateurs, or professionals using Pentax. We are