Pentax Luna New Year Promotion - K-7 for $13xx, Twin WR Kit Lenses for $439SGD!

[night86mare]

I will not respond to any reply on this as I had stated at the beginning of my post "My apology in advance, no intention to get into pricing argument.", which apparently is not enough. I can't see anything I mentioned in my previous message offended anyone (except maybe Emjay) to warrant an attack on my wonderful holiday.

that is considered an attack on your wonderful holiday?

ok... never mind. :bsmilie::bsmilie: i have better things to do than attack your wonderful holiday.

anyways, the market rules. if all the pentaxians find overseas price + shipping more attractive, etc.. sooner or later.. local prices will have to come down since people are choosing other places to buy from.

either that or the local dealer will close shop. :bsmilie:

 

[eow]

isn't it Hoya Hq?
that tell u how much pentax can single handly help singapore distro.. with all the money pinching folk here and the powerful canikon group and the equally diehard oly and sony groups already spiltting the small pie of the local dslr market....just imagine how hard emjay must able to convince pentax camera division which in turn had to convince hoya hq for support... for a big corporation $$ matter

 

[elavan]

Pentax HQ lets the distributors to do their own marketing. which is probably why we could always afford a semi pro dslr at an affordable price, but the recent increase in lens price is still haunting me.

i'm trying not to be bothered by it, now it's time to learn and practice the gear that i own, hopefully prices will be more attractive after this..

 

[sebianos]

i'm trying not to be bothered by it, now it's time to learn and practice the gear that i own, hopefully prices will be more attractive after this..

Benson, good idea !! Me too, think by the time i master the lenses.... i wouldn't want to buy any new lenses. Except maybe those CZJ series of primes and that bazooka telephoto lens. :bsmilie:

 

[pinholecam]

Look at the recent popularity of the Kx and how things went here. New CSers who wanted to buy one were asking around where to get them. Pop by the newbie section often enough and you find loads of ppl who do not have Pentax in their consideration as they "have no feel" for it (ie. not popular enough ) or have not heard of the brand. I've heard comments along similar lines in stores like Harvey Norman/ Best. Slinking off into the internet will make Pentax presence worse not better.

Targeted promotions to CS Pentax group is certainly welcome and a good way to promote the brand. We have monthly gatherings where the brand is seen. Some of us 'tout' the brand here and to our friends. However, the brand presence to the public is important as well.

Yes, agree that prices should be lower and more competitive as overseas. Like I said earlier, if the price is good for a particular item here, get here. If not, get elsewhere. Factoring all other considerations of course (ie. warranty, price delta, etc)

Yes, exact.

It is not about trade-in or something, it is just a common promotion technique to lower the price without destroy the market price (or SRP/RRP etc.). How could they make use of whatever you trade-in? (unless they are going to sell 2nd-hand stuff, which is probably not).

I hope Emjay is reading this, they are doing something wrong. Remember at the beginning of their taking over, the prices are very competitive. why? I think probably they compare the price they can get from pentax, and the price they can sell, find that they can still have a good profit. But later this is proven to be not working, simply because the market is so small here...(consider their setup cost/inventory cost/service center cost etc.)

I think the more sensible way for Emjay is to distribute the goods directly, rather than through OP/SP or whateverP. Since most of the singapore pentax users are here in this forum actually, they should try to make good use of this. (for example, by investigating our buying will here and conduct some batch pre-orders, which will hugely reduce the inventory cost). Giving commissions to someP won't help the selling much (remember the other thread about someP's saleman is convincing him to buy A550 rather than k-x?), because the street random customers will just go to Canon or Nikon even Sony by whatever reason. Instead, converting the commission to a better price directly to customer is the key for a such a small market. Since they get the product directly from pentax, i am sure it can be sold cheaper than all other parallel or gray imported sets, which have go through many additional selling nodes, especially with inventory cost/lag. (that is why the amazon USA can sell the k-x dual kits at around US$650 -- i.e. shipping in 1 or 2 months)

 

[Baracus]

Hmm... I feel Emjay needs to do/attend a couple of roadshows/events to spread the word. The last roadshow I remember was in June last year during the Wakeboard Championship event to coincide with the launch of the K-7. Don't know if that was a success but they did connect with the lot of Pentaxians there.

 

[le petit prince]

Speaking of publicity, what in the world happened to the proposed brochure to which some of us, including me, contributed our original (high-resolution) photo files?

I think we discussed this issue before in a previous thread sometime ago, and there were some ideas thrown up on how to advertise and spread the word without spending too much, as we're all aware of the financial constraints our distributor/Hoya face.

But nothing's been done, it seems.

If it's in progress, some general updates now and then would be nice, no need detailed report, instead of this total silence.

 

[fengwei]

As far as I know Emjay is trying to do their best to promote Pentax. But you know Pentax JP don't give any support for local advertisement. Emjay is still a small company. They just can't afford those kinda publicity as C/N/S/O here. Siince we all are Pentaxians, we want our brand known to more people, we can start from ourselves and share our passion and knowlodges about Pentax to our friends/relatives and whoever we could reach.

Meantime I'm sure Emjay will come up w/ some other ways to promote Pentax, like this CNY promotion on K7

 

[tootboink]

Look at the recent popularity of the Kx and how things went here. New CSers who wanted to buy one were asking around where to get them. Pop by the newbie section often enough and you find loads of ppl who do not have Pentax in their consideration as they "have no feel" for it (ie. not popular enough ) or have not heard of the brand. I've heard comments along similar lines in stores like Harvey Norman/ Best. Slinking off into the internet will make Pentax presence worse not better.

Targeted promotions to CS Pentax group is certainly welcome and a good way to promote the brand. We have monthly gatherings where the brand is seen. Some of us 'tout' the brand here and to our friends. However, the brand presence to the public is important as well.

Yes, agree that prices should be lower and more competitive as overseas. Like I said earlier, if the price is good for a particular item here, get here. If not, get elsewhere. Factoring all other considerations of course (ie. warranty, price delta, etc)

i agree..

everytime i meet a new friend there is a 50% chance he hasn't heard of Pentax. And if he has, he will ask me why i chose this brand over the rest.

but i kinda enjoy being in this minority group. after all, the rest don't know what they are missing out on:bsmilie:

 

[woefulwabbit]

As far as I know Emjay is trying to do their best to promote Pentax. But you know Pentax JP don't give any support for local advertisement. Emjay is still a small company. They just can't afford those kinda publicity as C/N/S/O here. Siince we all are Pentaxians, we want our brand known to more people, we can start from ourselves and share our passion and knowlodges about Pentax to our friends/relatives and whoever we could reach.

Meantime I'm sure Emjay will come up w/ some other ways to promote Pentax, like this CNY promotion on K7

Agreed. Emjay can only do so much. The rest is up to us, and each of us will have to do our part to steer more newbies towards the Light to make Pentax more popular and well known. We can start by seeking out newbies looking for their first DSLR in the newbies forum and recommending Pentax to them. I just did my part here: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=633092 Now all of you go out and help out also!

 

[Castor Troy]

Hi all,

Am out of Singapore at present. Just wondering, has anybody traded in anything at OP for the K7 deal?
Thinking of trading in my laobeh 2MP camera (damaged) - camera only. Wonder if them people at OP will accept it and let me have the 1380 price?
Appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!

 

[fengwei]

Hi all,

Am out of Singapore at present. Just wondering, has anybody traded in anything at OP for the K7 deal?
Thinking of trading in my laobeh 2MP camera (damaged) - camera only. Wonder if them people at OP will accept it and let me have the 1380 price?
Appreciate any feedback.
Thanks!

Don't worry, they'd be happy to take your 2mp DC

 

[doink24]

if i were to start off to a K7 instead of kx, wld it be too ambitious? Cause starting off n its like a co-owned with my dad, n he is looking for smth can withstand different kinds of weather
With regards to the promo, i can trade in any old digital camera?

 

[Baracus]

if i were to start off to a K7 instead of kx, wld it be too ambitious? Cause starting off n its like a co-owned with my dad, n he is looking for smth can withstand different kinds of weather.

The K-7 is a pretty simple camera, as long as you understand the basics of photography, shutter/aperture/ISO co-relation. If not, there's always the different modes to experiment with. Maybe get your dad to teach you? Or come down for the outings for a personal lesson from all the gurus.

 

[LiverpoolMadman]

Ya !! Me too ... K 7 looks good ... but wordering how much it will be if they take my SX1 IS for K 7 with good lens .... If too expensive maybe go back to canon and trade and I will take 500D with kit 2 ...

 

[Ahren]

Have not been into this forum for a few days. After a disastrous exam that I am still trying forget. It is good to see all the latest updates here - new camera coming up, camera price promotion...etc. But woefulwabbit really stand out for me

Agreed. Emjay can only do so much. The rest is up to us, and each of us will have to do our part to steer more newbies towards the Light to make Pentax more popular and well known. We can start by seeking out newbies looking for their first DSLR in the newbies forum and recommending Pentax to them. I just did my part here: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=633092 Now all of you go out and help out also!

Bro...you are one passionate pentaxian. Emjay should give you a commission for each referral. :thumbsup:

 

[Zenten]

Bro...you are one passionate pentaxian. Emjay should give you a commission for each referral. :thumbsup:

......or appoint you as as spokes-person ......... free camera with each new launch .......... :think:

 

[aaron80]

This is the exact same situation I am facing. When I tell my friends that I am using Pentax, they will give me a puzzle look and either ask me why did I choose Pentax instead of C and N or they will ask what is Pentax? I will then bring out my K-X, tell them the price and show them what it can do and they will walk away amazed..:bsmilie:

I also enjoy being in this minority group, especially because the Pentax group here have such friendly and helpful bros that will help and give u advices when you have any queries.:thumbsup:

I was a ex-Nikon and ex-Panasonic user and the only thing I regretted is I should have join the Pentax family earlier!

i agree..

everytime i meet a new friend there is a 50% chance he hasn't heard of Pentax. And if he has, he will ask me why i chose this brand over the rest.

but i kinda enjoy being in this minority group. after all, the rest don't know what they are missing out on:bsmilie:

 

[doink24]

Wld the K-7 be like a entry dslr cam? As in put on auto then fire off?
so the promo is body plus kit lens n what other freebies?? Thanks

 

[eselite]

Wld the K-7 be like a entry dslr cam? As in put on auto then fire off?
so the promo is body plus kit lens n what other freebies?? Thanks

You can use the green mode or the more versatile P mode as auto then fire off ;p
I think freebies is the promo price with no kit lens.:bsmilie: not sure abt it...