Ken, That's interesting. Given guys like Don Nelson were reps, that could be a good deal. I don't know about the rep for Chicago & the upper midwest. I probably saw him once at a Helix annual show (handled a 15mm/3.5 but price was retail), and maybe a 2nd time at a Helix closer to me...in the last 24 years! He was a younger guy and not really too visible or helpful. Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW - years ago I got frustrated with the lack of Pentax stuff in stores in > the Detroit ares. > > I called the Pentax district sales guy who handled Detroit. He was located > in a suburb N.W. of Chicago. He was well aware of the situation in the > Detroit area. Pentax reps couldn't compete with the Nikon/Canon reps. In one > large camera shop near my work location, if I wanted a Pentax camera/lense, > they'd order it for me after I paid in full for it. If I didn't like it when > it arrived they wouldn't give me my money back. > The district sales guy offered to help me & over the years as I wanted > something Pentax, he'd ship it to me & I could either keep it or ship it > back no questions asked. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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. > > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Christine Aguila > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Walter Hamler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >> > Mark, you and others make some good points. However, I have talked to > >> > our local "full service" camera/hobby store and they told some pretty > >> > dreary stories about how the Pentax rep would rarely visit their store > >> > or do much of any communicating. Eventually the store owners just > >> > dropped Pentax from the line. They lament that they would love to > >> > carry Pentax but it's hard to do meaningful business with a voice on > >> > the other end of a phone or via cryptic emails. > >> > >> A few months ago, while talking to the manager at Calumet Photo near > >> Cherry > >> & Division sts in Chicago, I learned the Pentax Rep for this store used > >> to > >> be based in a nearby suburb of Chg, but the new rep (at that time) was > >> based > >> out of New York. Perhaps a harbinger of what we now know. > >> > >> Cheers, Christine > > > -- > 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.
