Christine, Yes, I've been to Calumet's Oak Brook retail space. It's probably as big as Helix is right now on the west side. They took over strip mall space from a high end electronics store. Probably 2X the normal shop space with a classroom for 30+ at the back. They offer some presentations there as well. PJ's Camera is a small shop with about 20 feet of glass cases holding cameras. The rest of the shop is picture frames and developing. Only a small part is Pentax materials. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob: I've been meaning to go to Central Camera. I haven't been there in > years. And I think I've heard of PJ's. Didn't they have a Pentax Day a few > months ago? I ought to trek out there one lazy Saturday. And how fun you > were "the 1st in the neighborhood." When I was talking to the Calumet > manager at Cherry & Division, I was inquiring about equipment rental. I > asked why they didn't offer any Pentax equipment for rental, and got the > obvious answer. FYI, Helix does rent Pentax, but only the 6x7 stuff--shoot, > was it 6x7 or the 645. D*mn, can't remember now. I'd like to try a larger > format; I think I'd very much like it. Have you been to the Oak Brook shop? > Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:39 AM > Subject: Re: Pentax Fires USA Sales Staff > > > > Christine, > > I don't think Chicago got very good service out of the Pentax Rep. > > Helix was terrible on Pentax stuff. Only Central Camera had anything. > > Out in the western suburbs, only one independent near Morton Arboretum > > had Pentax - PJ's Camera. > > I hope Calumet does better now with a new shop in Oak Brook. > > Corporate in Bensenville sold me the first K20 in the neighborhood. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
