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On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Leon Altoff wrote:
He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible (he
does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test drive
He'll probably just say: I never said so!
Amazing what some people will do to sell a Nikon. isn't it?
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Fra: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. februar 2006 07:05
Til: Pentax Discuss
Emne: Interesting marketing
We
Why do sales people hate Pentax?
I could never figure that out. I guess they get paid less??
Regards
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Fra: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. februar 2006 07:28
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
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Entertaining stories, Shel!
Regards
Jens
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
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Fra: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 16. februar 2006 14:39
Til: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
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Long ago I learned never to judge people
On Feb 17, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Leon Altoff wrote:
He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible
(he does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test
drive their convertible. He was dressed very casually at the time
- shorts, polo shirt, $2000 watch - and
Feb 2006 09:00:51 +0100
Subject: SV: Interesting marketing
Why do sales people hate Pentax?
I could never figure that out. I guess they get paid less??
Regards
Jens Bladt
http://www.jensbladt.dk
-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Scott Loveless [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/17 Fri AM 02:53:39 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Interesting marketing
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 16/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record shops
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 16/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record shops?
If you believe in miracles
That song's not by Jefferson
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From: Jens Bladt
Subject: SV: Interesting marketing
Why do sales people hate Pentax?
I could never figure that out. I guess they get paid less??
It's not that they hate Pentax, it's more that the Nikons and Canons have
more market appeal. These are the brands
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/17 Fri PM 02:08:54 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Interesting marketing
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From: Jens Bladt
Subject: SV: Interesting marketing
Why do sales people hate Pentax?
I could never figure
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, John Francis wrote:
Porsche seem to attract the good guys.
So what are you doing messing with BMW?
Sorry, could not resist.
Kostas (will never forgive what they did to Rover)
On 17/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
You're only young once but you can be immature forever g
Words to live by!
Cheers,
Cotty
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 12:04:30AM -0600, William Robb wrote:
We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman with
my most charming and best behaved self.
I really despair of salesmen.
I'm in the process of beginning to shop for a new car. One option
is a BMW Z4, but
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/16 Thu AM 06:04:30 GMT
To: Pentax Discuss pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Interesting marketing
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells
On Feb 16, 2006, at 7:04 PM, William Robb wrote:
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
We have a couple of box-stores that are owned by the same parent
company. They typically have their stores
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Subject: Interesting marketing
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon.
A friend
John Francis wrote:
I'm going to pay another visit to the dealership, and let the
sales manager know:
1) How much I appreciate their low-pressure showroom staff
2) Just how much I dislike having some arrogant little twit
telling me I don't know what I want, and to instead
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, William Robb wrote:
We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman with
my most charming and best behaved self.
Can your mate carry a camcorder, please?
Kostas
John Francis wrote:
I'm in the process of beginning to shop for a new car. One option
is a BMW Z4, but they get pretty expensive. So I registered with
I'm going to pay another visit to the dealership, and let the sales
manager know:
1) How much I appreciate their low-pressure showroom
Leon Altoff wrote:
John Francis wrote:
Someone I know had a different experience.
He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible (he
does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test drive
their convertible. He was dressed very casually at the time -
William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon.
A friend of mine just shoed up with his new D70.
He preferred the Pentax offering, and it
We have a box retailer in Canada
called Bset
Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
You are correct.
One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon.
A friend of mine just shoed up with his new D70.
He preferred
Have someone come along with a camcorder...
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
What about one of those mp3 type of voice recorders that look like a jump
drive.??Never
know what hit
them. I bet if the salesman/manager
Long ago I learned never to judge people by their appearance or how they
present themselves. I had a small ranch for sale in Northern California in
1974, and received an inquiry written on a torn off piece of grocery bag.
I dismissed the matter. A few weeks later I received a phone call from
Best Buy is the US chain that bought Future Shop a while back.
Guess the sales guy hasn't seen the spec on the D200 (CCD sensor)
-Adam
William Robb wrote:
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
The raggedy looking woman was Grace Slick, the lead singer for the very
!!!
What an acquaintance!
Kostas
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In 1968 a few of us were bopping down Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, and
were along Auto Row. One of the group, a raggedy looking hippy chick,
spied a car that caught her eye, walked into the showroom, and said she
wanted to buy it. The salesman
I never knew her very well ... we were all just a bunch of hippies hangin'
out at the time. Everyone just happened to be living in the same
neighborhood. I just knew her from the neighborhood, and like neighbors
do, sometimes we'd do things together. After the Airplane moved to 2400
Fulton
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/16 Thu PM 02:42:58 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Interesting marketing
I never knew her very well ... we were all just a bunch of hippies hangin'
out at the time. Everyone just happened to be living in the same
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, Bark is available on CD ... Japanese release. I bet you could
find it on eBay or any number of venues.
Excellent news. Time to start gurgling. Thanks.
Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:54, mike wilson wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/16 Thu PM 02:42:58 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Interesting marketing
[snip!]
However, Bark is available on CD ... Japanese release. I bet you
could
find it on eBay
There's a similar story about Ronnie Hawkins in Toronto, who went into a
British import dealer wearing jeans etc, and asked the
dealer what was the price of the Rolls. The dealer told him, You can't afford
that sonny
Ronnie, so the story goes, came back later that day, with a shopping bag
Peter McIntosh wrote:
Leon Altoff wrote:
He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible (he
does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test drive
their convertible. He was dressed very casually at the time - shorts,
polo shirt, $2000 watch - and the
Leon Altoff wrote:
Peter McIntosh wrote:
Peter,
He's not like that. he will just never have anything to do with that
dealership and probably Honda ever again. He is very brand loyal once
he finds something he likes - Sony have made a lot of money from him.
He also tends to recommend the
Mark Roberts wrote:
mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, Bark is available on CD ... Japanese release. I bet you could
find it on eBay or any number of venues.
Excellent news. Time to start gurgling. Thanks.
Want me to have a look
Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:54, mike wilson wrote:
From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2006/02/16 Thu PM 02:42:58 GMT
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Re: Interesting marketing
[snip!]
However, Bark is available on CD ... Japanese release. I bet you
On 16 Feb 2006 at 5:38, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
In 1968 a few of us were bopping down Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco, and
were along Auto Row. One of the group, a raggedy looking hippy chick,
spied a car that caught her eye, walked into the showroom, and said she
wanted to buy it. The
On Feb 16, 2006, at 5:58 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
Adornments help. I've never been particularly fashion conscious and
I in my
20's I was very fond of my very comfy old ripped jeans (the type
that could
potentially lead to public exposure charges) however I also drove a
late model
Porsche.
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 10:52:53PM +1100, Leon Altoff wrote:
Someone I know had a different experience.
He was driving along and though he might like to buy a convertible (he
does this). He stopped at a Honda dealership and asked to test drive
their convertible. He was dressed very
This one time, at band camp, Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The salesman looked a bit shocked when he went in but was smiling when
he came out and said that the car would be ready on Wednesday.
I had a similar experience myself, I walked into a local BMW dealer to purchase
a
new MZ-3
We bought a car in 1984 and put the entire purchase on our credit card.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: John Francis
The salesman asked him to come inside to fill in the finance forms and
he just handed him his credit card and said Just put it on this.
The salesman looked a bit
On 16/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record shops?
If you believe in miracles
Cheers,
Cotty
___/\__
|| (O) | People, Places, Pastiche
||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com
_
d edition and said, I'll
have one of those.
The salesman asked him to come inside to fill in the finance forms and
he just handed him his credit card and said Just put it on this.
The salesman looked a bit shocked when he went in but was smiling when
he came out and said that the car
John Francis wrote:
I don't think you're allowed to do that over here. Or, at least, not
with a true credit card - I don't know if you can charge a car to American
Express, but I doubt it. Not because of credit limits - the credit line on
my Visa is high enough to buy a Porsche 911, never
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From: Leon Altoff
Subject: Re: Interesting marketing
The salesman asked him to come inside to fill in the finance forms and he
just handed him his credit card and said Just put it on this.
The salesman looked a bit shocked when he went in but was smiling
.
Kenneth Waller
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From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Interesting marketing
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 12:04:30AM -0600, William Robb wrote:
We might go to Best Buy on the weekend so that I can grace his salesman
with
my most charming and best behaved self
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 16/2/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Want me to have a look around Pittsburgh's record shops?
If you believe in miracles
That song's not by Jefferson Airplane, is it?
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
The raggedy looking woman was Grace Slick, the lead singer for the very
popular (and quite successful) Jefferson Airplane.
Shel
Pictures Please!
Powell
PS: I had a very, very minor role in the Airplanes take off. Pre Grace
Slick they filled to over flowing the War Memorial Gym at UBC and
John Francis wrote:
I don't think you're allowed to do that over here. Or, at least, not
with a true credit card - I don't know if you can charge a car to American
Express, but I doubt it. Not because of credit limits - the credit line on
my Visa is high enough to buy a Porsche 911, never mind
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 08:53:28PM -0500, Kenneth Waller wrote:
I really despair of salesmen.
Normally I do also.
My $.02 on the matter. rather long
Last year I got a post card from Porsche U.S HQ, in Atlanta, inviting me to
drop by my nearest Porsche dealer to sample their latest
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon.
A friend of mine just shoed up with his new D70.
He preferred the Pentax offering, and it was much less money.
Sadly, he
I'd love to be there for that... maybe pick up a DS2 as well LOL
Shel
[Original Message]
From: William Robb
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called Future Shop.
I believe Best Buy owns Future Shop.
One sells Pentax DSLRs, the other sells Nikon.
A
Yeah, do describe in detail the exchange. ;)
--- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd love to be there for that... maybe pick up a DS2
as well LOL
Shel
[Original Message]
From: William Robb
We have a box retailer in Canada called Bset Buy.
We have another called
Bring a tape recorder. Please. Reminds me of the time the sales
monkey told me I should get the Nikon because the Ni-core lenses
were better. When I asked how, she told me they were built better. I
proceeded to point out the metal mount on the Pentax kit lens vs. the
plastic mount on the
I was in WalMart this a.m.
Kodak has an odd retail package.
4 rolls of 400 color print film, plus 1 roll of 400 bw film.
The outside of the box doesn't say what type of bw film it is -- CN,
Tri-X, or T-Max.
Odd that they'd push bw like that. Maybe it's just surplus.
Collin
On Thursday, December 12, 2002, at 12:23 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
I was in WalMart this a.m.
Kodak has an odd retail package.
4 rolls of 400 color print film, plus 1 roll of 400 bw film.
The outside of the box doesn't say what type of bw film it is -- CN,
Tri-X, or T-Max.
Odd that they'd
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