Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Crazy Eddie's out of business? What an ad campaign that guy had...for years! Montie ------------ > Daniel, > The saying goes back to the Crazy Eddie days of NYC retailing. This wacked > out charachter would come on an advert and scream the quoted statement. Of > course they are out of business now and if I remember correctly the owner > was thrown in jail for embezzelment. > > Don > don.dory@gmail.com > > > On 12/15/06, Daniel Ridings <dlr@dlridings.se> wrote: > > > > Neal Friedenthal wrote: > > > > > DanielOld joke in the photo retail business, "Sure we loose a little on > > each sale, but we make it up in volume" Gallows humor! > > > > Thanks Neal, I missed that one. I actually worked in a camera store in > > the seventies (Jefferson Camera Shop in St. Louis), but I think the > > background for the joke was only starting to take form. Eventually the > > shop folded. Crying shame. Bob Signalio (Sr. and Jr.) were big Leica > > fans and retailers. They had a long history lying around in that south > > side shop. > > > > Daniel > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information