On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:21:24 +0300, "Haluk Skywalker"
<yokoolebiri@spam.net> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>"MonkeyBoy" <somewildmonkey@yahoo.com>, iletide sunu yazdi
>news:329c964.0407141724.dc03c96@posting.google.com...

>> They are afraid that you are a "scout" from a competitor, there to
>> gather prices so you can mark them down 10 yen back at your own store.
>> Ridiculous paranoia.
>>
>
>Not that ridiculous actually. In one of the hotels I worked for in the past
>we have founded a department, "Market Research", whose sole purpose was
>exactly that, investigating the prices of the competition. We used to gather
>proposals for *dummy* long terms stays, *dummy* meetings, check on the
>banquet clients of the competition everyday etc. Looking back now, I must
>have put up with some shitty work back than to get promoted...
>

Spying on the competition by pretending to be a prospective student is
also a common practice in the eikaiwa racket.




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Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
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                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College