Somehow I don't think Apple is real concerned that they are being sold in Costco. Having sales of $10,000 per square foot in your retail stores will do that to a company.
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > On Jul 11, 2011, at 14:17 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >>> >>> Pentax has an infrastructure in the US? >> >> LOL ... Yeah, well, despite its small size and limits, Pentax USA >> still has much more camera oriented marketing, sales, and distribution >> network here than Ricoh's camera division does. >> -- >> Godfrey > > > Pentax has apparently done something wrong, as has Apple. > > Neither have been able to maintain product in Costco. > > I used to be able to check out models like the *ist-D at Costco. > > Then I could only find P&S Pentax models on their camera kiosk. > > Now there is nothing from Pentax to be found. > > Apple followed the same trend some years ago, when their laptops were right > next to HP & Dell. > > For less than a year. > > I was told by Costco that they could not get Apple's (or Pentax's) products > at a low enough cost. > And/or Apple (or Pentax) wouldn't work with us on pricing like Nikon and > Kanon and Kodak will. > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > I couldn't remember most of what I know today > if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge > of my past on the Internet. Thank you… > > > -- > 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. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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.
