Originally posted by biz-engineer Tomorrow will be the 28th, we will know if Pentax is sold to a Chinese company (from what I've read from Ron, 28th is when Ricoh imaging publish financial results).
Please explain to me why I should care about this.
When I was a child, my Dad would go to a store labeled "Allied Radio" when he needed small electronics parts; if the store didn't have what he needed, he would mail a check to Chicago IL, and a brown truck would eventually deliver the parts to him. I still remember when the signage all changed to "Allied Radio Shack" because a company called Tandy, located in Dallas TX, had purchased the chain. The signage changed, and now my Dad sent the checks to Texas instead of to next-door Illinois, but overall there was no effect on him except the brown trucks took a few days longer. Once we were all used to the change in ownership, the signage simplfied to "Radio Shack", with no real effect on us. Now I hear that Tandy is in bankruptcy for the
second time. I guess I will miss Radio Shack, but there is a reason they have trouble staying solvent - my Dad, who died four years ago at age 93, hadn't been there in years {as far as I know}, and I've been there once since he died.
If Lenova, or Samsung, or
anyone purchases Pentax, it will be because they want to own the brand Pentax. They may design the cameras&lenses in a different country and they may manufacture cameras&lenses in a different country - everything I purchase may have to be shipped across the Pacific {no change there}. The men who answer Adam's questions will be from East Asia and speak a language I don't understand {no change there}.
Please explain to me why I should care about this.