Originally Posted by dylansalt 
Not one shop in Durban sells Pentax - Whysalls used to support the so called brands like Ricoh, Casio where the other shops didn't and also Pentax.
I bought my K10D from them (it had been on their shelves for about 6 months) it was their only Pentax product.
In SA I reckon 99.9% of Pentax products will be done online.
Our market is too small and Canon & Nikon have it dominated.
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and you wanna know the worst of it???? I once phoned Pentax South Africa as I was looking for some item... they actually told me to buy it on eBay !!! said they wont be bringing it in, and its best I buy online at eBay.
On another occasion - same thing, Pentax SA told me to buy online as they dont bring in the item I was after.. only to find plenty of them in a camera shop in Bellville in Cape Town....
I think the staff and managment of Pentax south africa are doing the brand more harm than good actually!