Pentax hasn't had a runaway success since the late 1970's early 1980's. I doubt the staff even remembered what it was like.
J and K Messervy wrote: >They should have anticipated the demand. Anyone could see a body with those >specs for that price would be in high demand. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:33 AM >Subject: Re: For those who worry about K10D release... > > > > >>I've pre-ordered in a couple of places. No one has asked for money >>down. They will charge the card when the camera ships. Not a problem. >>I think Pentax is being very up front about this. I applaud thier >>handling of this release. Obviously, the camera is going to be in >>great demand. They may not have anticipated that, but they're >>handling it well. Kudos to them. Good news for us. >>Paul >>On Oct 22, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: >> >> >> >>>On 23/10/06, Jim King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Good news! Ned Bunnell, Pentax Marketing Director in the US, advises >>>>that the US release is still scheduled for early November in this DPR >>>>Pentax forum thread: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? >>>>forum=1036&message=20561036 >>>> >>>>His post was in reply to a somewhat intemperate post (actually only >>>>one of many) by a regular in that forum. Frankly, I wouldn't have >>>>been so gentle... >>>> >>>> >>>If Pentax weren't so ambiguous in their limited press-releases these >>>lines of questions wouldn't be so prevalent but they don't. There >>>appear to be a lot of people who have put money down on a new K10D, if >>>I were one of them I too would be keen for confirmation of the actual >>>delivery dates. Potential buyers will always ask questions so it's >>>inappropriate to place the blame other than with Pentax. >>> >>>-- >>>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 >>> >>> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>PDML@pdml.net >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
