Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]all this proves nothing... but elicits the observation that on this international list we can do better than deprecate each others' national identity ... we've all had good and bad experiences at home, even on the same day... get a grip. s Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Apr 23, 2011, at 4:59 PM, afirkin at afirkin.com wrote: >> W.R, I think I would have done the same as you, just on instinct. >> >> Many Japanese people have been wonderfully warm and kind to me in my >> nine years here, but no amount of cultural politeness can mask the >> cool, unfriendly types one meets here or anywhere else. I suppose >> your salesman thought he was being funny. He lost a sale though. >> >> To add a bit of context, in Japan, a Leica store is like a barrel for >> shooting fish. The local customers pay prices higher than anywhere >> else in the world, so the salesmen are probably used to foreigners >> looking, then asking to handle items they won't buy because they will >> buy it cheaper in their home country. The hired sales staff might not >> know their prices are inflated, and mikght just think foreigners are a >> waste of their time and sales energy. Still, no excuse for rudeness! > > Leica prices at Lemon Camera in 1998 were very cheap, well at least > reasonable by Leica standards, and the service was FANTASTIC. I was > personally served, each item brought out for me to see, handle and > consider, and every guarantee card filled out with loving care and > attention. > > Times change. > > Alastair > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information