"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<f08d8ff254634e63a81b1b4d3a68476d@news.secureusenet.com>...
> This is a similar case as the Yasukinu Jinja issue...
> 
> About 15 years ago I went to Akihabara for a computer purchase. Since I
> wanted to compare the specs and prices in various shops, I made some notes.
> A salesman come up to me and told me to stop writing.  I gave him a polite
> but determined response to get lost. A minute later I was approached again
> by the store's manager who told me the same and threatened to call the
> police if I didn't comply...
> Since I had already everything I needed,  I just left and bought the system
> elsewhere.
> Does anybody know the prevailing Japanese law about this one? I should have
> the right to make notes in whatever form I want. I am no genius who
> memorizes tons of data...
> On the other hand, I had the same trouble twice in a department of a German
> home center where I was even banned from revisiting by the chief of the
> house for not complying. Since there were plenty of  other outlets I
> couldn't care less.
> I know that restaurants and other private enterprises can refuse customers
> for various reasons.
> 
> 
> Sigi

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.

I was shooting some video of all the incredible goodies inside a hobby
shop one day and was approached by an employee, telling me that it was
strictly prohibited.

-MB