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Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby

Tony Cooper
SubjectRe: Colonial Photo & Hobby
FromTony Cooper
Date04/17/2014 02:01 (04/16/2014 20:01)
Message-ID<h46uk9h708v9dmb4fe1iqega3tvr2763g0@4ax.com>
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Newsgroupsrec.photo.digital
FollowsEric Stevens
FollowupsSandman (1d, 2h & 33m) > Tony Cooper

On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:45:51 +1200, Eric Stevens <eric.stevens@sum.co.nz>wrote:

Eric Stevens
On 16 Apr 2014 13:34:11 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:

Sandman
In article <s69rk9dqeaov7ksrm8v5uo7cpkrpn5ln81@4ax.com>, Eric Stevens wrote:

From recommendation from Tony, I went to Colonial Photo and Hobby, just to check it out. Was a really small store with one half hobby and the other photo-related stuff. Pretty cramped, but really nice british salesman that I talked to.

Eric Stevens
Here is their web site. It gives some idea of their size. http://www.colonialphotohobby.com/index.htm

Sandman
Uh, yeah? I was there, remember? It was a tiny store. Why is this a problem for you? Do you have some form of pride invested into the size of this store? Why? What's it to you?

Eric Stevens
Size is a relative thing, especially if you judge by the size of B&H or similar.

Sandman
Colonial was slightly bugger than B&H, but B&H was also very tiny.

Eric Stevens
B&H in NY? - or is there another branch I don't know about?

Here is Camera & Camera, my preferred store in Auckland. This what they sell: https://www.camera-camera.com/

And here is what they sell it in: http://tinyurl.com/ku9es8f

Physically they are not large but judging by what they do, they are quite a big store. At least they feel that way to me.

Sandman
I'm not sure what I should do with this information.

Eric Stevens
It might help you give a reference point when people use words like, large, small, tiny, microscopic etc.

I'm quite interested in what Jonas considers to be a "big" store. B&H is a 70,000 square foot store. Something like 5,000 people a day shop at B&H. How would you fit them in a "tiny" store.

-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL

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