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Ole Mathiesen ..
By: bimbeano : October 31st, 2009-14:50
Hi Jan, thanks for this wonderful post. Window shopping is sheer fun and it cost nothing ... . I visited Copenhagen last year and took this picture .. Over here in Belgium, practically everything in the "vitrine" comes with a price tag ... so no use going...
In Austria, it is very similar ...
By: Marcus Hanke : October 31st, 2009-16:57
First of all, thanks for the picture book showing your home! Here in Austria, the situation with price tags is very much the same as in Denmark. Beginning with a certain price category (over 2,000 Euros, roughly) the price tags are either completely omitt...
Hi Marcus
By: patrickmaniac : November 1st, 2009-01:53
I was in Vienna 4 years ago and the shops were intimidating to go in indeed! There were only price tags shown for the "lower priced" models for most watches. I remember seeing Tag and Longines prices but other were omitted. Seems like the financial crisis...
In Singapore
By: patrickmaniac : October 31st, 2009-19:41
Its almost the same. There's a price tag to the watches that they display but it is almost always hidden under the strap. Maybe the principle holds. But do they give you the "dirty look" when you ask? Cheers Pat
If that is the tone that is taken with me
By: ArthurSG : October 31st, 2009-21:59
then my swift and consistent response to the sales person for anything is "the product is yours, the money is mine, and it'll stay that way". I see absolutely nothing wrong in finding out what I and paying for and how much I am paying for it. I do agree t...
It's because jewelry stores make an exception
By: allegro : November 1st, 2009-00:45
In Denmark it is the law that you must put price-tags on the products you show in a window. But exceptions were made regarding - iirc - jewelry and antiquity stores. The first due to safety issues, the latter due to the fact that you often negotiate price...
Lovely pics of Copenhagen
By: jkingston : November 1st, 2009-21:21
Liked the touristic photos better than the watches! Is that first photo taken from the small plaza in front of the Angleterre Hotel? Also love the photos of the port area. Jeff
Italy's policy hugely varies
By: ocram : November 2nd, 2009-03:49
Jan, thanks for your beautiful pics of beautiful places When I look at watch shops here in Italy, sometimes I find price tags, sometimes not. However, they're often pointless. Chances there are that the real price is significantly lower than the one that ...
I always ask...
By: sten : November 2nd, 2009-13:29
and if the sales gave me an attitude, it's his/her lost.