----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Brad's Pentax Gripe Gets Nasty ;-)
> On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Brad Dobo wrote: > > > Seriously. I am not going to pay USD and all the other hassles to get this > > product, I have never done so and will never do so. I'm old fashioned yet > > young. I will not give out Visa numbers on the Internet nor over the phone. > > My mother is a bank manager and you'll be appalled at the stuff that happens > > with fraud. It also makes it more expensive and harder to return if > > something is screwy. > > Why not? My experiences have been fast, fun and easy. I've ordered a > $20USD Light bulb for my enlarger, it worked fine (it shipped el' > cheapo ground too!). I've spent $2000CAD online at dell's website to buy a > new computer. Millions do it daily. so whats the big deal? I like to keep > my money in Canada, but if I can't source something locally, why stress > out about it? I told ya! ;-) I simply will not on principle and cautiousness > > So, my only other alternative. I could order it from the say 10 stores > > (some are not real camera stores) here in London, and area, and they would > > all put their orders into the same place 'Pentax No-Canada'. I don't know > > how I'd go to dealers across the province to get this (seeing if each one > > had it in stock). The gas would cost more than their most expensive lens, > > and by the time I got home with my cable, a year would have past and my > > order from the store arrived! ;-). If Pentax Canada cannot get something > > so simple, I think Pentax has a real problem at least here in NA. If they > > want to sell the MZ-S here, they should be selling it's accessories. They > > should at least have them in stock. I know this is a bad market area for > > them, so I understand when my store (or the others) does not have them on > > the shelf because they simply won't sell. But I would expect, unless > > ordering the 2000mm mirror or similar, that Pentax Canada would keep stock > > on these items. It's a lousy release cable. The other 3 I am told by my > > store, takes 1-5 days to get even the strangest items. Pentax, at least in > > NA, is dying I'm afraid (or maybe just Canada) Remember, Pentax Canada is > > one location in the largest country in the world. > > Pentax Canada has an office in Vancouver too. Call. I find it hard to > belive that Pentax is dying. I see so many new MZ bodies at different > events, parades, hockey games, etc. I see a good mix or Nikon, Canon, and > pentax, even a few Minoltas. Maybe its just London, ON. Have you tried > calling any stores in Toronto? I've had good experiences with McBain > Camera in Edmonton, thats in Canada too. Does Vancouver have an office or a warehouse? Still, I won't be getting them from there. > http://www.mcbaincamera.com/SLR/pentax/bodyAcc.htm > > They even have the CS-130 listed. $120 CAD First, that is $15 more than my store, and I'm not about to drive to Edmonton. (You already know I won't do Visa, etc over 'net or phone.) > It really does sound like "Your store" is giving you the run around. It > may be too much work for them to bother, or they just don't sell enough > Pentax gear. I see lots of Pentaxes in BC, maybe thats the difference. Well, it's not my store. The reason the owner sorta suggested the dropping of Pentax (and a big camera store here already has) is because of the few customers they get for Pentax, they have these same problems, like me. They cannot get Pentax Canada to ship something that is not in the warehouse, and they have taken abuse and beatings from peeved off customers and while he didn't say it, he sorta said, they didn't need the hassle and it wasn't a money maker for them (Linden Photo as well, they are considering dropping Pentax, so a young clerk told me, whether that is true or not...who knows. Interesting about Linden is that when my store didn't have the AF360FGZ in stock, I called them and they had it. An anomaly) > - Chris > > -- > Chris Murray /"\ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL > Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html >
