Originally posted by clackers The issue is the other retailers in Australia, who would see it as Conflict of Interest.
They have to buy from an importer who is also competing with them, and undercutting the RRP.
Yeah, I get that too, back in the old days when camera stores actually stocked Pentax, but generally , they don't, and not because of this, but, because they sell what most people want, nothing wrong with that, a store has to watch what it is selling to make business viable.
I bought , my D'ist and K-7 from Teds along with nearly all of my old film lenses and slr's , K-5 and quite a few Sigma K-mount lenses from Photo Continental ( now gone unfortunately ) and K-1 from Digital Camera Warehouse, all bricks and mortar stores, walked in and bought them , same for a lot of my older lenses, there was not internet buying back then anyway, but these days, I can't walk into a store and buy these lenses, they just don't have them, and most are just not interested to even order them for you, just too much hassle. Or the things we want, just aren't available here in Australia, so we have to buy from overseas.
Anyway, Good to see, the Lens is here, will be watching as people get theirs and start posting some actually pictures taken with it, rather than pictures off the lens.