That's the argument on why I can't put brake pads on my car in Japan. I can't buy anything but air filters, batteries, & motor oil in Japan - so "car parts stores" are either jammed full of accessories or you are buying through a trade/wholesale supplier who knows you are a certified mechanic shop.
Such a pain. So depending on the country, access to things common in other countries might have access restrictions. (Access=trade? Access=membership?) Javbw > On May 10, 2015, at 3:32 AM, ael <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 11:49:31AM +1000, Warin wrote: >>> On 9/05/2015 11:10 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: >>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Matthijs Melissen >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Note that we also have shop=trade. It would be good to make the >>> difference between both tags clear (of deprecate shop=trade, which I >>> wouldn't oppose). >>> >>> >>> "trade" is an attribute. >>> >>> Any type of shop (plumbing, electrical, lumber, restaurant supplies) could >>> be trade focused. >>> Such shops do not cater to walk in consumer traffic, and may be hostile to >>> customers >>> who come in without trade knowledge. >> >> Wholesale implies a large quantity of goods, they sell in quantity (the >> quantity may be over some time, say a year). >> >> A 'Trade' shop implies specialist goods and specialist knowledge, not things >> that are present in supermarkets. >> An Electronics trade shop will know what a 12 puff capacitor is and have >> several types available, high Q please. >> A Plumbers trade shop will have several types of stop cocks available... >> etc. >> >> A trade shop may accept walk in customers .. but give them retail prices >> where as a trade person would get trade price. >> Some trades are protected by law and a trade shop may refuse sales based on >> that .. usually safety related. > > Yes. That was the sort of thing I meant when I invented shop=trade... > > ael > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
