There was a problem in the camera, I don't remember what, but the exact
same thing failed on nearly every one within only months. The response from
Oly? Not our problem. Dealers left to explain that the camera that they sold
was a pile of crap and now they needed to guy another of another brand.
Result? Really really really mad customers. Later they admitted the fault,
but the dealers were no longer dealers for Oly so didn't do much good. As it
turns out dealers have long memories, so good luck getting one to pick up
the new line.
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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.
>>
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>> http://www.zone-10.com
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