As you relate the incident, it would have elicited a grin from me and maybe even a sale.
Jack --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com> > Subject: How to lose a sale > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:29 AM > I was in a shoe shop today, looking > at shoes (surprise, surprise). I had my > M8 hanging from my shoulder. After staring disconsolately > at the footwear on > offer I heard somebody muttering something in my ear. It > was a shop > assistant. > > "Is that old thing an SLR or a rangefinder?" > "It's a rangefinder" > "Does it still work?", he said, laughing. He was really > taking the piss out > of the camera. > "What do you mean?" > "In this digital day and age! Does manual film still > work?" > "It's digital" > "Digital? That?! It likes a really old thing. Is it a Rioch > (sic)?" > "A what?" > "A Rioch" > "No, it's a Leica" > "Man! That looks so old!" > > I can't imagine how he expected to get a sale out of me > after that, even if > they'd had any shoes I wanted to buy. > > Just to keep it on topic, as I was walking away shaking my > head in disbelief > I heard him tell one of his colleagues that he had a Pentax > K1000. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
