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From: nospam on 6 Jul 2010 21:31 In article <4c33cc11$0$5533$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, Peter <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: > > Side note: It's almost certainly a wild mischaracterization to claim B&H > > is "one of the largest if not *the* largest worldwide seller of photo > > equipment" -- even with annual sales of $100M+* my guess(tm) is that > > it's not even close to mass retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Costco. > > And you proof of sales of camera equipment by Wal-Mart and Best Buy is? the sleazy thing about it is he's trying to compare the sales of b&h with *total* sales of big box stores that sell all sorts of non-photo stuff. obviously, the latter is going to be higher. by the way, flickr thinks his camera is a point & shoot: <http://www.flickr.com/cameras/panasonic/dmc-fz28/> and it looks like its usage has dropped off, maybe because the users realized its limitations and bought better cameras. :)
From: Mr. Strat on 6 Jul 2010 21:43 In article <s5e636te85o4kdf2pefhkchehbabe27eug(a)4ax.com>, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > To you. Not to me, and to others like me who have learned how to use > the power zoom effectively and comfortably. For us, zooming isn't an > issue -- it's only an issue to those who haven't learned how to use it > effectively and comfortably. > > p.s. The FZ35 is not "almost identical" to the FZ28 -- it has > significant differences as well as significant similarities -- you > cannot make valid judgments of one from the other. You don't know an f/stop from an F-sharp, dumbass.
From: Peter on 6 Jul 2010 21:56 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:060720101831213329%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > In article <4c33cc11$0$5533$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, Peter > <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: > >> > Side note: It's almost certainly a wild mischaracterization to claim >> > B&H >> > is "one of the largest if not *the* largest worldwide seller of photo >> > equipment" -- even with annual sales of $100M+* my guess(tm) is that >> > it's not even close to mass retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Costco. >> >> And you proof of sales of camera equipment by Wal-Mart and Best Buy is? > > the sleazy thing about it is he's trying to compare the sales of b&h > with *total* sales of big box stores that sell all sorts of non-photo > stuff. obviously, the latter is going to be higher. > He tried the same thing, claiming Word is better than WordPerfect. His proof was that he wrote macros & templates for Word which made more usable than WordPerfect. A valid comparison would compare out of the box to out of the box. But, I just let that one go. -- Peter
From: John Navas on 6 Jul 2010 22:28 On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:56:20 -0400, in <4c33e12e$0$5531$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >"nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >news:060720101831213329%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... >> In article <4c33cc11$0$5533$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, Peter >> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >> >>> > Side note: It's almost certainly a wild mischaracterization to claim >>> > B&H >>> > is "one of the largest if not *the* largest worldwide seller of photo >>> > equipment" -- even with annual sales of $100M+* my guess(tm) is that >>> > it's not even close to mass retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Costco. >>> >>> And you proof of sales of camera equipment by Wal-Mart and Best Buy is? >> >> the sleazy thing about it is he's trying to compare the sales of b&h >> with *total* sales of big box stores that sell all sorts of non-photo >> stuff. obviously, the latter is going to be higher. > >He tried the same thing, claiming Word is better than WordPerfect. His proof >was that he wrote macros & templates for Word which made more usable than >WordPerfect. A valid comparison would compare out of the box to out of the >box. But, I just let that one go. That's not what I said, but never let facts get in the way of a bashing. ;) -- John "Facts? We ain't got no facts. We don't need no facts. I don't have to show you any stinking facts!" [with apologies to John Huston]
From: Peter on 6 Jul 2010 22:32
"John Navas" <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote in message news:1ip736df6gimap0kvghhu0nk974aqnqd0h(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 21:56:20 -0400, in > <4c33e12e$0$5531$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, "Peter" > <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: > >>"nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message >>news:060720101831213329%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... >>> In article <4c33cc11$0$5533$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com>, Peter >>> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >>> >>>> > Side note: It's almost certainly a wild mischaracterization to claim >>>> > B&H >>>> > is "one of the largest if not *the* largest worldwide seller of photo >>>> > equipment" -- even with annual sales of $100M+* my guess(tm) is that >>>> > it's not even close to mass retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Costco. >>>> >>>> And you proof of sales of camera equipment by Wal-Mart and Best Buy is? >>> >>> the sleazy thing about it is he's trying to compare the sales of b&h >>> with *total* sales of big box stores that sell all sorts of non-photo >>> stuff. obviously, the latter is going to be higher. >> >>He tried the same thing, claiming Word is better than WordPerfect. His >>proof >>was that he wrote macros & templates for Word which made more usable than >>WordPerfect. A valid comparison would compare out of the box to out of the >>box. But, I just let that one go. > > That's not what I said, but never let facts get in the way of a bashing. > ;) > Go back & read it. -- Peter |