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Re: [OM] A Double-take

Subject: Re: [OM] A Double-take
From: Chris Crawford <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:55:02 -0500
How did Olympus screw over dealers on the OM-10?

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On 1/2/13 4:49 PM, "Bill Pearce" <billcpearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>There is one place in my area, a store in Kansas City, only about 3 hours
>from my home, that has Oly. The last time a store had them here, was when
>they screwed their dealers over on the OM10, and the taste left is so bad
>that it remains today. Only place to see Nikons here is Best Buy, they
>had 
>them about ten minutes after they hit the shores in LA. Poor lens
>selection, 
>though. They are clueless, one store showed the D700 for sale with a DX
>lens. A little like Decaf Coffee, no? Lots of Canons around, but good
>luck 
>with Canon wides.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jfwilcox
>Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 12:52 PM
>To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>Subject: Re: [OM] A Double-take
>
>At Costco in Honolulu (and Coralville, IA, for that matter) not an
>Olympus 
>to be seen.  Nothing but Rebels and N thingies and little Fujis.
>
>I guess when you fell a great tree, it still takes a long time to remove
>the 
>stump.
>
>Joel W.
>
>
>
>On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:07 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Last week we were over in Michigan visiting family and picking up my
>> 4x5 color enlarger which has been in storage at my Dad's place. While
>> going up through Muskegon, what do we see?
>>
>> A billboard for a local camera shop--advertising OLYMPUS!
>>
>> The next day, we pay a visit. There was a decent sized spread of
>> Olympus m43 gear including the latest/greatest stuff. They even had a
>> small handful of legacy 43 gear there too. All said and done, I'm
>> going to say that they had close to a linear meter of display cabinet
>> in use for Olympus. I haven't seen that much cabinet space devoted to
>> Olympus since probably 1985.
>>
>> Granted, Nikon and Canon each had 3 meters or more of display area,
>> but I was shocked and pleased.
>>
>> I talked to the owner and he said that Olympus has been selling very
>> well this holiday season--a great success. However, he said (and the
>> other camera store in town also confirmed with their own numbers) that
>> the Digital Rebel accounted for over half of all cameras sold this
>> season. It outsold all other brands combined!
>>
>> That puts an interesting perspective on success and relative success.
>> I'm very happy for Olympus, but at the same time we need to
>> acknowledge that somebody else is still winning. I asked about Nikon
>> sales and an interesting comment was made about that. Turns out that
>> the big box stores and general purpose retailers are where Nikon (and
>> Sony) has made the most sales this holiday season. The dedicated
>> camera stores' bread and butter remains Canon.
>>
>> -- 
>> Ken Norton
>> ken@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.zone-10.com
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