You have strong opinions, Graydon. Name a date for when it hits the market, then. :-)
Jostein 2009/5/20 Graydon <o...@uniserve.com>: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:58:54AM +0200, AlunFoto scripsit: >> As Stenquist said, timing is everything. >> IMO the real question is when they launch the hype campaign vs. when >> they do the production run. They may decide the production volume by >> gauging the success of the hype campaign. Pentax Germany has >> advertised for alpha users to receive early copies in exchange for >> extensive forum activity. Sounds to me like an activity to create >> demand before supply. > > These days, what they're trying to do is move as much of the actual > purchasing as possible as early in the price curve as they can. > > They've made them; the hype is to find out if they need to make them > again, a little, but mostly to find out how much money they're going to > make from selling them. > > -- Graydon > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
