They are allowing only "brick and mortar" stores to carry it (no web based
business's allowed) and apparently (as has been implied here on the list) a
large up front initial investment in the system is required (you can't buy
items as the demand appears). So, dealers who have bought it and can't sell
it, end up warehousing it, instead of Olympus.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
mail: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 Turnaround 4-5 weeks
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----- Original Message -----
From: "W Shumaker" <om4t@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus E-1, a dealer's perspective
> Why would Olympus not allow you to sell the camera? Olympus may make
> the best digital camera ever, but their marketing department would kill it
> from the start.
> Wayne
>
> At 05:35 PM 10/28/2003, John laments:
> >Requiring a big investment in inventory sounds like a bad idea. People
can
> >wait and see until the next E body comes out. I was very up on the E
> >system at first, but when I found out I wouldn't be allowed to sell it, I
> >pulled all E-1 info from my site. Hey, why promote something your not
> >allowed to sell !?
>
>
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