On Oct 25, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > One other time, the owner had a customer who wanted some advice on > digital cameras so he could make a more intelligent purchasing > decision > in the Internet. Yes, he actually said that to the owner's face as if > there was nothing unusual or rude about it.
Used to happen to me all the time. No digital in those days (70s and 80s), but people would come in and tell me they wanted to pick my brain for info before they went to K-Mart to buy a camera, lens, flash, whatever. When I asked why they weren't buying from me, they always said my price was too high. In other words, my knowledge that they wanted so badly had no financial value. They were amazed and offended if I got angry. I simply could not match K-Mart's price because they were often selling a camera for less than my wholesale price. They were buying at the 1000 piece price and I was buying at the 6 piece price. In those days K-Mart, Woolco and JC Penney all had well-stocked photo departments, making competition even harder. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
