Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!feeder.enertel.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!news-peer-test!news-peer0-test!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: "Tony" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Dotting down prices OK? Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: "Tony" NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.122.213.19 X-Trace: titan.btinternet.com 1089744318 21356 213.122.213.19 (13 Jul 2004 18:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:45:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:15510 You should have told him to call the police. I returned a bad aircon once, the guy told me that it was ok, I said it wasn't and went to plug it in to show him, he said if I did that I'd blow all the fuses in the shop. I plugged it in anyway, yelled at him, and got my money back. I often got the feeling that, as Japanese were too polite to object, Japanese companies got away with a lot of things they couldn't do in the West, where people are more rude, obnoxious and less likely to acquiesce. I'm not sure if this is actually true.. PS I am truly happy to have finally made a sentence where I can use the word aquiesque. "Murgi" 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 > >