Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan and Tarek, the warning should be against french banks and their charges. My bank charges for using their cash machines (where I do the work) but there is no charge when I go to the cashier and have him punch the computer key board and count the euro bills. The slowest worker in grandiosest surrounding I ever came across are those at Banque de France. Looks like a retirement home. Hours are nine to twelve. Unions are very, very strong. I took some 21 mm M photos of the outside. Inside cameras, ice cream and hamburgers are forbidden. And I had to take off my motor cycle helmet.... Chris >Nathan, > >It was a general warning. Like: nothing is really secure, you can get ripped >off and stuff like that. As I have been buying over the Internet for ages, I >just ignore them. :-) > >> Now, I can see how French business would like to discourage people from >> shopping online--obviously they have a strong incentive to keep people from >> discovering the extent to which they are being ripped off. > >:-) Probably true... > >Tarek > >le 24.02.2002 7:19, Nathan Wajsman à wajsman@webshuttle.ch a écrit : > >> Tarek, >> >> What exactly has your bank warned you against? You can buy from reputable >> retailers like Foto Hobby without any reservations. You have the same return >> privileges as at any French shop, maybe even better; they will answer any >> questions you might have before you have to buy (and they are much more >> knowledgeable about Leica than 99% of local shops)--and if for >>some reason you >> are nervous about sending your credit card details by email, you >>can send the >> order by fax or just phone it in. Most retailers use secure web sites for >> order-taking, and for example Foto Mayr (a place where I buy most of my film >> since it is up to 50% cheaper than here in Switzerland) requires you to >> transmit your credit card and address info only the first time you shop with >> them. You then get a customer number, and on any subsequent orders >>you simply >> click on a "same as last time" button next to the payment and delivery >> details. >> >> Now, I can see how French business would like to discourage people from >> shopping online--obviously they have a strong incentive to keep people from >> discovering the extent to which they are being ripped off. >> >> Nathan >> >> Tarek Charara wrote: >> >>> Yes, sure... but buying over the Internet? My bank has several times warned >>> me against it... >>> >>> Tarek >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland >> >> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >> >> Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >> General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Christer Almqvist D 20255 Hamburg and / or F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html