Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com>
Subject: RE: How to lose a sale
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
So what film do you use in it? ;+)
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
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