LOLROTF! Well said. It`s like Pentax is just toying with us. Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California
----- Original Message ----- From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discussion Malling List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:27 PM Subject: *ist > And while we are at it, just how do you pronounce "*ist"? > > Leave it to Pentax Marketing to come up with a name that is going to cause a > potential customer to think, "I have no idea how to ask about that camera. I > don't want to make a fool of myselff.... Let me see that Nikon, please>" > > Maybe they should change the name to "Pentax Anti-Marketing Department". Or > maybe "Pentax Let's Drive Ourselves Out of the Camera Business Department". > I can see them sitting around that big table, "No matter what we do we are > still selling cameras. We don't give the customers what they want, and they > still buy tthem. We make sure the flagship camera is not in the stores, and > we still sell them. I know what, we will give the next model an > unpronouncible name, then the customers won't even be able to ask to see it. > That will cut sales!" > > Ciao, > Graywolf > http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > > >