There's been lots of discussion on this list and others regarding purchasing equipment from local B&M stores vs on-line; small, independent retailers vs large retailers. Several weeks ago, I was wandering through a Ritz Camera store perusing the bag section when the Pentax display case caught my eye. The K200D & the K20D were already on the market, but the store only had a K110D and a broken K100D Super on display (LCD didn't function, shutter did not work).
The staff member told me that they did have a K10D at one point but after it was sold "corporate" didn't send them a replacement. When I inquired about the current line (K200D & K20D), the member supposed that the management was waiting for the summer to be over and sell out all of the existing stock of K1x0 stock. However, I was told that I could order the K200D or K20D on-line with Ritz. If I wanted to buy on-line, I told him that there were probably several places that had it cheaper than Ritz and that the B&M store was losing customers. He didn't disagree. There was another customer who came in for a Canon lens, but the store didn't have that in stock either. It was apparently a "special order" item. In the Ritz insert to Sunday's paper, I see they are advertising the Pentax K110D Super Digital SLR as a "Blow Out Sale". Was there ever such a K110D Super? What would be the point in losing the business of walk-in customers by selling them out of date merchandise? Of course, there is always the option of taking your purchase on-line, but is that what this has come to? Pat -- 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.
