Wendy, Prior to purchasing my PZ-1p in '98 (I've told this story before), the salesman was very interested in selling me a N90s. When I asked to look at the Pentax, he basically handed it to me and didn't tell me a thing about it or make any attempts to sell it. In fact he was more interested in selling me ANY Nikon model over the PZ-1p. I rewarded that by purchasing it mail order. I've seen PZ-1p's frequently in camera stores, but many times the advertised price is close to list (800 USD).
It's been said before that the salesperson's perk for selling other brands is higher than that of selling a Pentax. It seems like a deliberate attempt on the salesperson's part not to sell the camera. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "wendy beard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 2:58 PM Subject: Re: PZ-1p review > At 16:04 26-12-2001 -0500, Tom C. wrote: > >The fact it didn't do well may be part marketing, part Nikon/Canon mentality > >of the consumer-masses. > > I should say definitely some sort of marketing failure. > I have never, ever seen a (P)Z-1 or (P)Z1-p in the flesh and I've been in a > lot of camera shops in my time! > I briefly owned a Z-70 which is probably on a par with the Z-1 in the looks > department. Great camera to use, but wouldn't win any prizes in a beauty > contest. Come to think of it, don't see many of those around either. > I think Pentax found their way again with the introduction of the ZX/MZ series. > > The Canon/Nikon mentality is thriving as illustrated by my old colleague. > He wanted to buy an SLR to replace his old praktica and asked my advice. I > duly gave it. He still came back with a Nikon F65. He'd been swayed by the > swanky name. > > Wendy - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
