Re: B&H puts another local camera store out of business (with my help, unfortunately)

"Lobby Dosser" <lobby.dosser.mapson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> We have about five. I try to patronize them all. Online you buy what you
> think you need. At the local store the staff help you choose what you
> really need.

Yep. That's one of the things I like about living in Tokyo: lots of stores

with lots of knowledgeable staff. Lower population densities mean it's 
harder for local stores (for anything other than necessities) to make a go

of it. (That the local stores here are price and service competitive with 
anything on the net helps also.)

Our CEO sometimes comes along on my shopping trips, since the camera
stores 
either also handle things she needs or are along the way, and the fact
that 
the clerks can deal with her nerdy husband knocks her out every time. (The

other thing that knocks her out is the bevy of extremely well-dressed 
elderly gentlemen leisurely fondling the Leicas in the used Leica
department 
that sits next to the used MF corner at one of my favorite stores, not
only 
the weirdness of the scene but that the staff had the patience to deal
with 
such customers.)

David J. Littleboy
Tokyo, Japan