Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal, I am finding myself in the strange situation of defending Belgium to a Belgian...I have found in my 4 1/2 years here that if you build a relationship with a good shop and stick with them, you will get great service. In this respect, it is no different from the USA or other countries. At B&H you will get a good price but you will always just be one of hundreds of daily customers. At places like Photo Alpha, Photo Grenson (where I drop off all my slide film for processing), or the little computer shop in Stationsstraat here in Overijse, I am known, greeted by name, and if there ever is any problem, it is resolved cheerfully and professionally. When I lived in New Jersey I had similar relationships with some local small shops and I was always satisfied. Sometimes trying to squeeze the vendor for the last centime is not the cheapest strategy in the long run. Nathan Pascal wrote: > That a typical Belgian vendor usually would make more difficulties when > you want to return defective goods than the manufacturer ! > Luckily, there are also some exceptions to this rule... > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > -------------------------------------------------------- > See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ > ------------------------------------------------------- > "Windows 95 doesn't smile back at me when I turn it on." > ------------------------------------------------------- > <<< PGP public key available on request >>> - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/