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"This is not beyond the realms of" my word to end the sentence would be "Fantasy" the Jessops guy was in dream land.
Comment by loskeran posted on Anyone think Jessops are now kicking themselves? at 02/07/2009 - 16:06
doingthebobs wrote:
Just to pick up the thread again...
I happened to call in a Jessops the other day. I wandered around the shop and was eventually asked if I could be helped.
Thinking of some of the crazy things they have been doing recently, grips for £20 and so on, i said to the chap i was looking for Pentax. Secretly wondering if they had just found an old LTD in the stockroom and had just put it in the bargain bin for a fiver.
This chap was older and seemed more knowledgeable than usual. He didn't run down pentax, as other Jessops people have before when I have asked where the Pentax stand is. He told me that unfortuatly Jesspos had fallen out with Pentax over a deal on an exclusive model that Pentax had agreed to and then supplyed to other retailers. Jessops got the hump and the rest is history.
Don't know if this is news, true or not but this chap seemed quite sure of the history.
I think he was supplying you with something they grow mushrooms on Just to pick up the thread again...
I happened to call in a Jessops the other day. I wandered around the shop and was eventually asked if I could be helped.
Thinking of some of the crazy things they have been doing recently, grips for £20 and so on, i said to the chap i was looking for Pentax. Secretly wondering if they had just found an old LTD in the stockroom and had just put it in the bargain bin for a fiver.
This chap was older and seemed more knowledgeable than usual. He didn't run down pentax, as other Jessops people have before when I have asked where the Pentax stand is. He told me that unfortuatly Jesspos had fallen out with Pentax over a deal on an exclusive model that Pentax had agreed to and then supplyed to other retailers. Jessops got the hump and the rest is history.
Don't know if this is news, true or not but this chap seemed quite sure of the history.
Comment by loskeran posted on Anyone think Jessops are now kicking themselves? at 02/07/2009 - 15:34
shim wrote:
shim
If you really want a scare just look at Olympus lens prices or Canon L series and Nikon.organicimagery wrote:
I think they have made a massive mistake, probably to tie in with the release of the new K7 trying to make it look more desirable, against the canikons , However its going to alienate a lot of fellow pentax users
I'm sure a lot of the new users considering the K-7 will be very grateful that the price rises have been announced now and not after they had bought the camera..... wonder how many have been scared off?I think they have made a massive mistake, probably to tie in with the release of the new K7 trying to make it look more desirable, against the canikons , However its going to alienate a lot of fellow pentax users
shim
I'm afraid we are going back to the times when the best camera gear was the kit you just looked at in the shop window, and then made do with a box brownie.
Don't forget there are thousands of older lenses out there that will fit your Pentax, just feel sorry for all those Canon users, not really
Comment by loskeran posted on SRS new prices at 01/07/2009 - 17:43
BODYHEAT wrote:
When the Canon 500D came out early May it was up around the £900 mark in Jessops with kit lens as I recall. Now they are selling it £200-300 cheaper
The K7 looks like it is around $1200 plus tax in the USA (similar to Japan) which would equate to £830-ish here inc VAT so maybe this might be where it ends upo, but the question is when?
If not, I might have to take another 'business trip' to the USA sometime soon, which would be a shame
It could be the Canon 500D is not that good?When the Canon 500D came out early May it was up around the £900 mark in Jessops with kit lens as I recall. Now they are selling it £200-300 cheaper
The K7 looks like it is around $1200 plus tax in the USA (similar to Japan) which would equate to £830-ish here inc VAT so maybe this might be where it ends upo, but the question is when?
If not, I might have to take another 'business trip' to the USA sometime soon, which would be a shame
The only camera that has held its price well is the Nikon D300, super bit of kit.
I just hope the K7 is as good or hopefully better all round.
Ps could you pop into "47th st" and get me a 300mmDA*
Comment by loskeran posted on K-7 price dropping already? at 01/07/2009 - 08:46
In my opinion, it is worth shopping around, if you want one particular lens, I would not pay that sort of money for that lens, I had one but did not use it enough so sold it, I paid just over £100 for it (new).
If Pentax want to charge that sort of money for lenses they will be getting a lot less sales.
In future I may just look at prices and save the money.
If Pentax want to charge that sort of money for lenses they will be getting a lot less sales.
In future I may just look at prices and save the money.
Comment by loskeran posted on SRS new prices at 01/07/2009 - 07:44
ttk wrote:
As always Unlocker wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks that Tel is secretly lusting after a K-7?
Your having a laughAm I the only one who thinks that Tel is secretly lusting after a K-7?
Comment by loskeran posted on PENTAX K-7 Body for £949.99p, Plus Your Mint, at 30/06/2009 - 13:15
RR wrote:
I thought it was 86.3% Anvh wrote:
No worries Mike and I get your point.
10% and neighbours wasn't correct of me to say, sorry for that.
It is not true that most child abuse involves strangers. The majority of abuse is by a family member or someone else known to the child.
This was all I wanted to say.
This is btw taken from the NSPCC site link
1% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse by a parent or carer, and a further 3% by another relative during childhood.
11% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood by people known but unrelated to them.
5% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood by an adult stranger or someone they had just met.
Here are the numbers coming from link
These are UK numbers.
It's common knowledge that 84.7% of statistics are made up on the spot.No worries Mike and I get your point.
10% and neighbours wasn't correct of me to say, sorry for that.
It is not true that most child abuse involves strangers. The majority of abuse is by a family member or someone else known to the child.
This was all I wanted to say.
This is btw taken from the NSPCC site link
1% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse by a parent or carer, and a further 3% by another relative during childhood.
11% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood by people known but unrelated to them.
5% of children aged under 16 experienced sexual abuse during childhood by an adult stranger or someone they had just met.
Here are the numbers coming from link
These are UK numbers.
Comment by loskeran posted on Encounter with the cops and a grilling by them at 30/06/2009 - 07:24
As long as it it K mount who cares
Comment by loskeran posted on Should Samsung users be allowed in the forum? at 29/06/2009 - 21:59
I just checked my calendar Mike it is not April the 1st you know
Comment by loskeran posted on K-7 ... or GX30 at 29/06/2009 - 16:43
