Pentax probably announced the rebate before it had any feedback on demand. Now the company is stuck keeping it's word. Still it's better to have more demand than you can handle than less...
Tom C wrote: >Simple solution. Put on more shifts. :-) Why would they be giving a >rebate if they have trouble meeting pent up demand? That doesn't make a lot >of sense, if true. Either they are reducing profit with rebate in order to >sell stock, or their cost was so, little that they could factor that in >behind the scenes. > > > > >Tom C. > >"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or >numbered." > > > > > > > > > >>From: "Digital Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>Subject: Re: The third best selling DSLR in Japan >>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:24:21 +1000 >> >>On 18/08/06, K.Takeshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>>In Japan, Pentax factory cannot meet the demand even on a 3 shift basis. >>>There is a waiting queue and you have to wait for varying time in some >>> >>> >>areas >> >> >>>before you can get your paws on it, which of course is very rare for the >>>(past) Pentax. >>> >>> >>So would you say they priced it correctly? Doesn't seem so. >> >>-- >>Rob Studdert >>HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >>Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >>UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ >>Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > > > -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
