Originally posted by Blue I haven't seen anything Pentax on a Wal-Mart shelf, K-Mart or Sears since the k1000 era. I have never seen anything in the 1 BestBuy in 150mile radius. One of the Wolfs stores allegedly had a K20d when they came out but I never could find it. Those stores were closed. The thing here in the State Capital that passes as a B&M quit carrying Canon and now deals in Sony. However, they 2 outdated 10 year old N.O.S. accessories.
It doesn't make much sense to order anything from Wal-Fart or Bad Buy internet sales in lieu of BH or Adorama given their customer support which is quite good. That said, WalFart and Bad Buy would fall under the "couple other retailers" in my post.
:sarcasm: in regards to Wally World etc.
I said websites, but my point was there must at least a few Pentax employees who deal with retailers. I'm not debating whether someone should use an online store that has bad prices or not, but rather that they do offer Pentax SLRs in some form. I do agree Pentax is less available than the big brands...
A quick search on Pentax's store finder
website shows three shops near zip code 20057:
EMBASSY CAMERA
PHOTO CRAFT
ACE PHOTO, INC.
Do they actually carry Pentax SLRs? I don't know. I'm guessing the list doesn't get updated much. The finder only shows one of the two shops that have Pentax around me.