Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice catch! Great expression of concern. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&ECummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:23 AM Subject: [Leica] Trouble at the Genius Bar >I was at the Apple Store at IFC II a couple of days ago. My MacBook decided >not to wake from sleep and its where the copy of my CS4 is kept which I use >to process my African pictures - so after making an appointment I went off >to get it fixed. I waited while they transferred all the data to a portable >hard drive (just in case) and saw this happening across the bar from me: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HKFall2011/Trouble-at-the-Genius-BarW.jpg.html > > GH2, 20mm f1.7. > > The Apple Store in Hong Kong was estimated to have twice the sales per > square foot to the New York store and one of the managers told me that > sales are in fact nearly four times!! > While I waited for the data transfer the line up for I phones (limit 5 to > a customer) over two levels never diminished. There was a lot of mandarin > spoken in the line up. And it wasn't even for the latest model. The staff > had no explanation for the surge and just kept hauling the phones out from > the back. It was like a night market in the daytime and the ultimate > tribute to Steve Jobs. He made such desirable things that sell so well. > > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >