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04-19-2021, 02:42 PM - 3 Likes   #1
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Ricoh Email: Purchase the K-3 Mark III Now!

Just received this email from Ricoh:
Purchase the K-3 Mark III Now!
Be the First to Purchase the New K-3 Mark III
Thank you for your interest in the new Pentax K-3 Mark III. We now have limited quantities available to purchase. Act now before they run out!
https://ricoh-imaging.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a5ea189236f5a8427a...8&e=c300feacaf
https://ricoh-imaging.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a5ea189236f5a8427a...8&e=c300feacaf
I wonder if this means the K-3 III will be shipping soon!

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Gotta wonder about those 1000 only premium kits... think there were more than 1000 preorders? what will the excess preorders get? haha

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Some mailing list gone awry you'd hope.
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This is surprising, and is welcome.
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I wonder if Pentax has produced a very small initial batch of the K-3 IIIs. To help keep demand and price high.

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Was surprised to get this email also considering pre-orders from retailers have been open for a while
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If the sales start is 23.04 then they should start shipping preorders in a day or two, 22 should be last days. In most cases preorders arrive same day normal sales start (or day earlier). So those emails may be for people who registered as intereted or to newsletters to poke them that it is last day(s) to buy premium sets or the first batch?


I wonder if Ricoh will publish some data about presales.
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QuoteOriginally posted by FozzFoster Quote
. . . .Gotta wonder about those 1000 only premium kits... think there were more than 1000 preorders? what will the excess preorders get? haha
I got the same email, I had registered earlier that I was interested

as far as I know it is the first opportunity to buy the K 3 III from Ricoh USA

as far as whether they made more than the announced 1000 black and 1000 silver premium specials

why would they

if I don't get my pre-ordered silver premium system I expect an email giving me the opportunity to buy either a black or silver K 3 III

which I will turn down

and wait for price drops

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This is what the UK's largest Pentax dealer SRS Microsystems is saying:
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FIRST STOCK DUE 23RD APRIL 2021 WITH THE NEXT BATCH OF STOCK DUE WEEK COMMENCING 3RD MAY 2021.

DUE TO HUGE DEMAND, OUR FIRST ALLOCATION OF CAMERAS WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF OUR PRE-ORDERS BUT REST ASSURED WE WILL GET EVERYONE A CAMERA AS SOON AS WE CAN -
ALL ORDERS WILL BE SUPPLIED BY DATE OF ORIGINAL ORDER.

ANY ORDERS PLACED NOW (AND SOME ALREADY PLACED) WILL BE SUPPLIED IN MAY 2021.


ENHANCED PART-EXCHANGES AND FINANCE OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE - PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS.
Pentax K-3 Mark III Black Body

Too late now to get one from the initial batch, over here. Same message on all variations. No such warning on the Ricoh UK online shop, they are being somewhat less honest about the preorder situation, I suspect.

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SRS would get the biggest allotment of K-3iii in the UK for sure so interesting that they've run out. Until Jan 1st this year I would have gotten my Pentax stuff through them but now deal directly with Ricoh-Imaging EU.
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Interestingly I got the Pre-Order email from Ricoh Imaging but not this one.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Dave L Quote
This is what the UK's largest Pentax dealer is saying:

"DUE TO HUGE DEMAND..."
That has to be a good sign!

I hope all those loud, smarmy "no-one will buy it"/"DSLR is horse and buggy"/"Pentax have completely lost it" web commentators are left with egg on their faces.

Not that it would change their behaviour of course.
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Interestingly I got the Pre-Order email from Ricoh Imaging but not this one.
wut you get??
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QuoteOriginally posted by Paul the Sunman Quote
That has to be a good sign!

I hope all those loud, smarmy "no-one will buy it"/"DSLR is horse and buggy"/"Pentax have completely lost it" web commentators are left with egg on their faces.

Not that it would change their behaviour of course.
We're so exclusive even Leica are beginning to look common
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Great news. I stopped shooting shortly after buying the original K-3 because I have been too busy, so I certainly don't deserve the new one. It does seem to be an impressive camera, though.
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Good to hear that SRS is getting their first stock on Friday, and that they’ve sold out their initial allotment! Hopefully that means B&H and Adorama will have theirs to go out on or before Friday as well. When I looked earlier today, B&H was no longer letting you pre-order the premium kits, just the bodies. It’s sounding like all the retailers (and the Ricoh regional online outlets) are getting starter allotments, which could mean that Ricoh UK still has some in their initial allotment to sell. I got my order in to Adorama within an hour of them starting to accept pre-orders, so I’d better be in their first batch!
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