John, There is a local Fry's here in Chicago, near me. John Carlson said the same at GRM in June. The midwest guy was working to get into Fry's. Hope it makes it to my store. Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:10 PM, John Celio<n...@neovenator.com> wrote: > Yesterday at the SF stop of the Pentax K-7 Viral Tour, someone asked why it > was so hard to find Pentax equipment in local stores. One of the reps said > they were actively working to correct that, and gave two heartening > examples. > > 1. Keeble & Shuchat, a big pro camera shop in San Jose was now stocking the > K-7 and new lenses (a former coworker of mine who works there now had told > me last winter they were dropping Pentax, so this is a nice about-face), and > supposedly other camera shops are doing the same. I suppose your local > mileage may vary, but this can only be a good sign in general. > > 2. Fry's Electronics, a (mostly) west coast chain of GIANT electronics > stores, is now carrying the K-7 and accessories. This is awesome for a > couple reasons. First, in a recession, lots of people go to places like > Fry's to find deals, so the K-7 will get a little more exposure there. > Second, when the day comes that I can afford my own K-7 (I have a K-7 poster > on the wall now as motivation), I'll be able to buy it locally. I much > prefer that to ordering from the east coast. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/calemp > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > -- > 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.
