----- Original Message ----- From: "mapson" Subject: Re: *istD current best price $1349 US?
> So, what is the price that we are hoping to see? what would we consider to > be a reasonable price, that includes all the discounts, rebates, drops, > cuts and reductions? (Of course we all wait to see it drop below the > magical US$1000) ;-) >From the sounds of it, a reasonable price is one where Pentax makes no money on the product, thereby ensuring that they don't recover the R&D costs, therby ensuring that they don't bother to make another one, since the customer base is a bunch of cheapos who won't make it worth their while. William Robb

