On Sep 8, 2006, at 1:26 PM, Tom C wrote: >> Pre-announcing details about an upcoming release generally causes >> sales of current inventory to decline, as well as giving your >> competitors something to market against. > > That likely happens by even announcing that a new higher spec'd > camera is > forthcoming.
Yes, it does. Certain kinds of announcements are expected of a manufacturer and they factor those into their inventory/sales figures if they're savvy. > Favor/Disfavor how? The Pentax representative should only care > about one > thing - Sell as much Pentax gear as possible. If stock is withheld > or price > breaks are not given to the retailer, the only thing the Pentax rep > would be > doing is cutting his own/Pentax's throat. I'm sure you can imagine how a rep who has a dealer that is pissing him/her off can favor that dealer's competitors with product shipments, allocations, etc. Don't be naïve. > I agree that the speculation is more or less an unproductive use of > time > when the details will be known eventually... but then this is the > PDML. :-) So you're saying that the PDML is generally speaking an unproductive use of time. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
