In my city in Western Canada..I buy and can buy Pentax DSLR's and pretty well all lenses at :
- 2 chains of a large Western Canadian Drug Store, with a large camera dept.
- Two large camera stores of a big Canadian chain
- Three large stores of a large Western Canadian Camera chain
- One large independent camera store
I've bought since Nov. 2007:
- Pentax K10D
- Pentax 16-45
- Pentax 360 Flash
- Pentax battery grip and extra battery for a K10D
- Pentax remote control unit
- Pentax 55-300 zoom
- Pentax 50 F1.4
- Pentax KM body with 18-55 lens
- Pentax 10-17 mm fisheye lens
All the equipment was there at the different stores, exception 50 F1.4...they had a rush on them for Xmas. It came in after 2 days...shipped from another of their stores.
I went in, asked to see, tried them out at the store...bought them...each transaction took about 15 minutes.
I have bought pretty well from each store.
What is happening in the states ?