Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] In Shock
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Fri Dec 15 18:08:41 2006
References: <000501c72033$e1af9530$6b00a8c0@colchis> <4582944C.4070403@dlridings.se>
 
Daniel,
The saying goes back to the Crazy Eddie days of NYC retailing.  This wacked
out charachter would come on an advert and scream the quoted statement.  Of
course they are out of business now and if I remember correctly the owner
was thrown in jail for embezzelment.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 12/15/06, Daniel Ridings <dlr@dlridings.se> wrote:
>
> Neal Friedenthal wrote:
>
> > DanielOld joke in the photo retail business, "Sure we loose a little on
> each sale, but we make it up in volume" Gallows humor!
>
> Thanks Neal, I missed that one. I actually worked in a camera store in
> the seventies (Jefferson Camera Shop in St. Louis), but I think the
> background for the joke was only starting to take form. Eventually the
> shop folded. Crying shame. Bob Signalio (Sr. and Jr.) were big Leica
> fans and retailers. They had a long history lying around in that south
> side shop.
>
> Daniel
>
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