There was a time, not that long ago, when Ritz was refusing to carry
Olympus. Why? Because Olympus wouldn't allow Ritz to dictate what
their dealer net prices were. Ritz tried to pull a W*lm*rt: "we're big
so we want an additional 15% off your lowest net".
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
marc simon wrote:
> hi all,
>
> Timpe, Jim a écrit :
>
>>In this same vein, I had a fairly disquieting conversation with a
>>salesman in about the only 'local' chain left to us in the greater
>>Seattle area (Tall's camera). The same store where I just recently
>>acquired the E-510 (late summer as I recall). Anyway, I was lamenting
>>the fact that he had scarcely any Oly digital gear (an E-410 kit and a
>>flash and one or two lenses). His comment was that the rest of the
>>stuff had been sent to one of the larger stores (Tall's still has a
>>handful of stores in the region... 6 to be exact) to be cleared out, and
>>his understanding was that after the first of the year Tall's wouldn't
>>carry Olympus any longer, at least the digital SLR stuff.
>
> another example: my son was in San Francisco last week and I've asked
> him to bring me back a 50mm ZD macro...I've asked before on the list and
> Moose and Jeff has suggested Ritz Camera...
> So my son goes at a Ritz store...and the saleswomen told him that
> they don't have it and none of the Ritz store in San Francisco
> have Olympus lenses...and she don't think that there is a store in
> San Francisco with Olympus lenses in stock...so he goes to other
> shops like Gasers and other ones without success :(
> Fortunately another store suggested by Moose and Jeff was Calumet...and
> like they have a chat space on their website, I received the
> confirmation that they have one in stock at San Francisco,
> fortunately: the first answer of the salesman was "no, we don't have
> it..." But my son have insisted... the manager came and the lens is
> now in my hands ;)
> so if you want an Olympus...you need to be prepared to a difficult
> challenge...
> regards
> marc
> bois-de-villers Belgium
>
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