----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: List focus shift (WAS: Re: K20D Hot Pixels)
> But the Pentax dropped significantly much earlier in its life. Look at > the D80, which was launched concurrently with the K10D and has seen > significant price drops, but still sells for about $200 more than the > K10D did last fall. > > I understand price drops, they make sense. But Pentax overdid it with the > K10D. The K10 came onto the market at a price drop, and they just continued the process. It makes sense in a way, since if the price is percieved to be on the high side, people will put off the purchase until after they drop the price. OTOH, it makes one wonder what is the point of supporting the company by buying early, when all the thanks the early adaptor gets is a warm feeling, knowing that they are, effectively, being ripped off by price gouging when the product first comes out. William Robb -- 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.