Cotty wrote: >I am in the process of considering the purchase of an expensive lens, >with a choice of two similar types, at similar prices.. I was in London >and popped into a Canon dealer near the British Museum. When I inquired, >the best the salesman would do is show me prints from the lenses (which >they had in stock). They would not let me handle the lenses (which >remained sealed in boxes) and certainly not attach it them to my camera. >The reason given was that once marked in any way, they would be >unsaleable. Of course, if I purchased, I could attach the lens to my >camera. I nearly walked there and then, but inquired as to price. 960 >GBP came the reply. I asked if they would match the price to the same >lens for sale at a well-known camera shop based in Wales that does a lot >of trade on the internet. Absolutely not! 'We are not a testing ground >for cheap and nasty internet dealers'. > >That's when they lost the sale. If he had said yes and given me 40 quid >off, I might have jumped there and then. Instead, they lost out on a >ready sale of £920. I won't be going in there again.
I would have said to him, "Since I can't try or even handle the lens, you basically offer no advantage to me over buying it for less money from an Internet retailer. Can you give me a good reason why I shouldn't do so?" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
