Bob W wrote:
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
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Scott Lovelesssdlovel...@gmail.com wrote:
I briefly considered
the camera as weapon approach, but then told her in words loud enough
for her brats to hear that no one interested in actually looking at
the photos later on would be caught dead with that piece of
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
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
Interesting story.
Bet his knowledge about shoes was on par with his knowledge about cameras...
Jostein
2009/7/23 Bob W p...@web-options.com:
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
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
I think I would have explained him *very coldly* what is a Leica M8, to
make him understand how misplaced were his words.
Then just leave (without buying anything of course)
Nice story to read btw...
Xavier.
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As you relate the incident, it would have elicited a grin from me and maybe
even a sale.
Jack
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From: Bob W p...@web-options.com
Subject: How to lose a sale
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Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 8:29
/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
incredulous some are that people still
shoot film.
-Brendan
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Subject: How to lose a sale
I was in a shoe shop today, looking at shoes (surprise
Brendan MacRae wrote:
Unbelieveable. What does it matter what a camera looks like? I like the
manual film quote...It's not too often you hear stories of
people talking down Leicas. What a maroon.
It's funny, but I get the same looks and type of questions about the 67
every once in a
On 7/23/09, Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com wrote:
It is. I gave up trying to explain why I was using an LX and normally say I
can't afford digital; it saves a lot of hassle explaining.
I'm most surprised the shop assistant didn't note Bob's camera and guide him
towards more
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 01:17:29PM -0400, Scott Loveless wrote:
I've been cranky lately.
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the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good.
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I have a youngish friend, very into the creative end of photography, (in
camera creativity), who shoots bw film. He doesn't even know the
difference between TXP and BW400, but then he has his film processed by
third parties. I don't think he's interested in shooting digital.
Malcolm Smith
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 06:02:12PM +0100, Malcolm Smith wrote:
Brendan MacRae wrote:
Unbelieveable. What does it matter what a camera looks like? I like the
manual film quote...It's not too often you hear stories of
people?talking down?Leicas. What a maroon.
It's funny, but I get
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
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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
Unbelieveable. What does it matter what a camera looks
like? I like the
manual film quote...It's not too often you hear stories of
people talking down Leicas. What a maroon.
It's funny, but I get the same looks and type of questions
about the 67
every once in a while. It's
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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
I've been cranky lately.
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Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008
http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/
Since December 14th, 2008?
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Scott Loveless wrote:
I've been cranky lately.
Is that worth a Mark!? ;-)
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Bob W wrote:
I don't think he knew what a Leica was. Anyway, whaddya mean 'more
expensive
footwear'? What makes you think I was looking at the cheap stuff?
Salesman thinks.he can't even afford a digital camera, I'm not going to
sell expensive shoes to this guy
Malcolm
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Scott Loveless wrote:
I've been cranky lately.
Keep up the good work!
Malcolm
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I don't think he knew what a Leica was. Anyway, whaddya mean 'more
expensive
footwear'? What makes you think I was looking at the cheap stuff?
Salesman thinks.he can't even afford a digital camera,
I'm not going to
sell expensive shoes to this guy
Shop assistant logic.
From: Bob W
hat'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
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From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com
Subject: RE: How to lose a sale
To: pdml@pdml.net
Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 1:53 PM
From: Bob W
hat'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
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