Hey, you're a Canon user, they expect you to enjoy being abused.
Cotty wrote:
>On 25/10/06, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
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>>One other time, the owner had a customer who wanted some advice on
>>digital cameras so he could make a more intelligent purchasing decision
>>in the Internet. Yes, he actually said that to the owner's face as if
>>there was nothing unusual or rude about it.
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>I am in the process of considering the purchase of an expensive lens,
>with a choice of two similar types, at similar prices.. I was in London
>and popped into a Canon dealer near the British Museum. When I inquired,
>the best the salesman would do is show me prints from the lenses (which
>they had in stock). They would not let me handle the lenses (which
>remained sealed in boxes) and certainly not attach it them to my camera.
>The reason given was that once marked in any way, they would be
>unsaleable. Of course, if I purchased, I could attach the lens to my
>camera. I nearly walked there and then, but inquired as to price. 960
>GBP came the reply. I asked if they would match the price to the same
>lens for sale at a well-known camera shop based in Wales that does a lot
>of trade on the internet. Absolutely not! 'We are not a testing ground
>for cheap and nasty internet dealers'.
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>That's when they lost the sale. If he had said yes and given me 40 quid
>off, I might have jumped there and then. Instead, they lost out on a
>ready sale of £920. I won't be going in there again.
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>i do have some sympathy, but surely there are better sales techniques
>than this.
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