Happens all the time. Many years ago, a book salesman and VP went to call on a K-Mart (like) buyer. They were selling children's books and stopped to straighten the instore display. The store manager and buyer passed by as they worked on the shelves. The VP engaged the buyer in a conversation... "That competitor's shelf space sure looks a little stale. Those books aren't moving too well are they." It was total bull, but designed to spread fear and doubt about the competitor. The distribution VP (who was along on the trip) smiled at the wiley sales VP's gambit. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 11:52 AM, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In our conversation he alluded to the fact that Pentax was having >> problems (He saw my K10D that I was shooting with). He said that >> several ex Pentax sales reps were now working with Nikon, especially >> in the Atlanta and NYC areas. I didn't press him but he seemed a nice >> young gent. > > Reps say that sort of stuff all the time. Little hints and nudges to make > you lose faith in your choice of brand. My old Konica-Minolta rep was > convinced Sony or some other big electronics company was going to buy Pentax > years ago. Now he works for Nikon. > > John > > -- > http://www.neovenator.com > http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
