patrick_y[PuristSPro Moderator]
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Thank you! Indeed... If only the sales side adopted the same old-world techniques that makes the product so desirable...
Aug 25, 2022,22:31 PM
Who knows, we'd probably like the old-world sales techniques. We all like old-world watches. Why not old-world sales techniques to buy those watches.
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True...
By: patrick_y : August 25th, 2022-18:49
But it's a careful balance. I can call out everyone whom I think is not performing to standard. Furthermore, even if everything I say is true and accurate, it wouldn't be representative of the vast majority of the consumers, consumers who are mainly looki...
I agree
By: andrea~ : August 24th, 2022-21:36
Elegance isn't about always being the most overly dressed, but about knowing how to calibrate your formality level based on the situation. Wigs in court may be outdated, but we shouldn't sacrifice a decent level of decor just to be the most comfortable al...
Well said...
By: patrick_y : August 24th, 2022-22:04
Elegance is always the most difficult to achieve. It's easy to wear a suit. But a suit isn't appropriate in a nice country setting sometimes. Thus, something elegant takes more thought. And that being said... what you said is exactly right. Many people ar...
True!
By: patrick_y : August 25th, 2022-00:36
But standards just took another dive. Some standards for some things are underground now! Speaking about lawn, don't see my lawn. My lawn is the embarrassment in the neighborhood! No water to water it! I now try to save most of my gray water to water my l...
Interesting!
By: patrick_y : August 25th, 2022-00:48
I find in Asian jewelry stores, the white gloves are more often used. But not as much in USA and European jewelry stores. I've never been to Mumbai, but I have been to another major city in India; where I found service very good in some areas, and very la...
Yikes!
By: patrick_y : August 25th, 2022-18:19
Our member S F did seem to suggest that his encounter was in a smaller city, so considering Tokyo is the largest city in Japan, it probably happened in a different city thank Tokyo. Nevertheless, I was surprised to read S F's experience.
Vote with your feet
By: cazalea : August 25th, 2022-00:38
Walk away if you are displeased. One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from my friend Hal, who started a large brokerage firm and continued in the business until he was 85. You can't make a man run his business the way you want him to, you can o...
I have
By: cazalea : August 25th, 2022-04:31
My first boss paid $25k per year for an AA pass that would let him fly anywhere American went, any time, First Class. It might have been because we had a fair number of Frequent Fliers in our company. I had to buy my own tickets (company later reimbursed)...
By: Dauster : September 2nd, 2022-20:20
this is my first post here so I wanted to say hello and say how much I appreciate the insight shared on this forum... In regards to the falling standard, I am relatively young (mid thirties) and I must say that this is generally the case everywhere and I ...