That's my poor writing, then. He wasn't expressing an interest in the camera, he was making fun of it. Not that I give a damn what anyone thinks about the camera, but it's not the way for a salesperson to approach a customer.
People quite often ask about it. Just a couple of weeks ago a doorman in a bookshop asked about it, and we had quite a long and pleasant conversation. It's one thing to express a genuine interest, quite another what this guy today was doing. Bob > > 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.
