It seems very hard to believe that any mainstream manufacturer would agree to
distribute only through independent shops and forgo distribution through a
major nationwide chain like Jessops. If Campkins really believed that, then I
think they were a bit naive.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I visited Campkins Cameras in Cambridge on Saturday, hoping to spot an E-P2;
> I was disappointed in that hope.
>
> The chap, from whom I bought my E-1 a few years ago, told me that he didn't
> know when the E-P2 would appear in the shop and he appeared not to care.
> Their experience with the E-P1 seems to have caused this lack of interest.
> They were promised by Olympus that the E-P1 would be going only to the
> independent shops, so they ordered stock. They then found that Jessops, a
> major chain, was stocking the camera at the same time. Worse than that,
> Jessops is going out of business, it seems, and is discounting heavily.
>
> They are not happy with Olympus ...
>
> Chris
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