Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]le 22.02.2002 23:04, Nathan Wajsman à wajsman@webshuttle.ch a écrit : > Hi Steve, > > Good question--I suspect it has to do with insufficient competition and > historical reasons. What I find truly amazing is that in this day and age, > with > a common market and now even a single currency, people in France are willing > to > pay French prices when they can save hundreds of € on a major purchase like a > Leica outfit by buying in Germany. Maybe it is partly because a lower > percentage of France's population is online than in other advanced countries, > and partly due to the fact that most sites in Germany are in German only > (sometimes also in English). > > Nathan Plus the french are generally scared when it comes to doing online business... Tarek - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html