Tom C wrote: > No why would I have a problem with anyone receiving a nice prize? You > obviously chose to ignore my first two sentences. > > I'm just pointing out the irony of a *camera company* having "legendary" > products not giving some of those legendary cameras away in a 'contest'. > Actually, I'm not sure Pentax is a camera company. Or I guess they may be, but a *camera company*? I doubt it. After all, we are talking about the manufacturer of the stuff my optometrist will put inside the frames if I buy a new pair of specs from him...
> It would be like a major auto manufacturer running a contest and instead of > including an automobile as a prize, they give away owners manuals or > hubcaps. > It's actually rather more like if Suzuki decided to give you a motorbike instead of a car. But not quite. Actually, I can't think of a good analogy in the business you are referring to; yours definitely makes little sense. Unless you know a hubcap producer that has later expanded into an automobile manufacturer. - T > > Tom C. > > > > > > > > > >> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >> Subject: Re: Pentaxian.com Contest >> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:35:28 -0700 >> >> Gads, Tom. How could they make such an egregious error? >> >> Sheesh. It seems you always something to be critical about, even when >> someone has been gifted with a very nice prize unexpectedly. I guess >> for some people the glass is always half empty. >> >> Godfrey >> >> >> On Sep 12, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Tom C wrote: >> >> >>> Good for you. Getting a free lens when you're already a Pentax user is >>> great. >>> >>> Pentax is being pretty cheap and backwards though. Why not give >>> away a few >>> camera bodies to boot? That way people that visit Pentaxian.com >>> that are >>> not Pentax users, if winning a body, would be introduced to Pentax >>> and have >>> an incentive to buy more Pentax gear. >>> >>> OTOH, If I went to a site like this and I was not a current Pentax >>> owner, >>> none of the prizes, not even a lens or a flash, would provide me the >>> incentive to run out and spend money on a body to go with it. >>> >>> They can't afford to include a single K10D or K100D on the prize list? >>> >> -- >> 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
