Originally posted by Kunzite Lots of assumptions, some of them blatantly untrue (e.g. Ned never said he accepted all the comments, and he definitely approved polite "negative" posts). And he is correct, what is happening is (more or less) asking retailers to stick with MSRP.
I believe comments that e.g. calls him a liar should be censored. Ned is also very busy, so it's understandable if he can't read hundreds of comments and approve all of them (unless insulting).
I never once said that Ned had ever made the statement "he had posted all the he accepted all the comments".... in fact I clarified myself in a second post stating that it came from someone using the handle of "
dgcom" and did not know his source.
You are the one making "assumptions" by stating "and he
definitely approved polite "negative" posts", calling me a liar! So, what is your source? Did all of the posts made to Ned go thru You? So what are you saying? If I do not agree with Ned's or your opinion, I am not polite, a liar and my opinion should not be printed? Have you ever read the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution?
I was only trying to show the extreme hardship he had caused me personally... I had to both save for months and sell my Pentax 67 system to invest in the K-5 system, only to have the lenses put out of reach for me. I wish the drunk who ran me over as I walked down the sidewalk had insurance, but then there are a lot of people in dire hardship from the economy and such a radical price increase during a bad economy is not to anyone's benefit, period!!!!
The truth is that Ned's policies have hurt a lot of people who put their trust into Pentax to supply a quality reasonably price product......... with both Pentax's quality control issues and IQ issues being what they are, that is where Pentax should be focusing first if they want to increase sales.... that alone hurts sales severely and dealers wanting to handle Pentax.... bribing dealers with massive profits on each sale to look the other way is definitely not good for any company's future, let alone in the customer's benefit.
Telling retailers they have to sell at a specific price is illegal.... just ask "Apple". "MSRP" stands for "Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price", the key word is "Suggested"! Not a fixed price!
Oh by the way... censorship is a form of lying to the public.... and I am not the only one who was censored. My 3 "attempted" posts were made at the beginning of his blog and he has added many posts dated later than mine!
The bottom line... no matter how you rationalize the price fixing.... there are a lot of "devoted Pentaxians" who are hurt by it, period!