Pentax is price protecting retailers. I spoke to the locals who have *ist-D's in house. They sold one at a considerable discount before the announced price reduction and the owner was lamenting that he probably couldn't get the dealers rebate since he sold the camera before it was announced.
At 10:56 AM 2/3/04, you wrote:
Not unless Pentax is price protecting these guys. Just because they announced a lower MSRP, doesn't mean that Adorama will drop their price on their current inventory which they paid more for....
Norm
Rothman, Aric wrote:
Well, Adorama now lists a $100 manufacturer rebate on the ist D (something I was unaware Pentax was offering), and B&H no longer
requires web patrons to put the ist D in their cart to see the
real price, but their price for it has not changed. I thought
the Pentax annoucement would herald a price drop proportional
to the MSRP drop. Hmm.
Aric
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