【工作在紐約】傑奇2009年2月工作紀錄

http://tsaitailun.blogspot.com/2009/05/20092.html

又是一篇拖文文章

傑奇自今年調到Soho店
http://www.boconcept.us/BoConcept_Soho-79872.aspx
在那裡他有著很輝煌的成績
不單單過去的第一個月就是全美國的Top 1 Sales(銷售成績第一名)之外
又接受了NY Times記者的訪問
也上了平面新聞呢

新聞記者佯裝成顧客而想要測試看看紐約的家具店是否可以討價還價
記者去了很多家家具店
到Boconcept Soho店時 傑奇剛剛好服務到這位記者
也因此有了以下的這篇報導
而文章中那個spiky-haired salesman(尖頭髮的售貨員)就是我老公傑奇啦

以下是那文章的連結 有興趣練練英文的可以點去看看唷
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/garden/29haggling.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=boconcept&st=cse


而我也摘錄了跟傑奇有關的新聞片段 應該是在原文章的第三頁部分
以玆作紀念~

下面這照片是那記者拍的 傑奇他現在待的店

Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Others, like Bo Concept, were not.

Confident after my early success, I walked a few blocks south to the SoHo franchise of BoConcept, a Danish chain that sells its own furniture line. The pieces have a clean, slightly generic look that, depending on how they’re deployed, can either lend a chic simplicity to a space or transform it into a boutique hotel lobby. On a previous visit I had admired a walnut platform bed priced at $1,379, and when a spiky-haired salesman approached, introducing himself as Jackie, I shifted into haggling mode.

After several minutes of general conversation about the bed — during which I carefully avoided discussing price — I asked if it was on sale.

“No,” Jackie said, grinning widely.

Were there any coming sales?

The store runs a yearly promotion called “Crazy Bed Day,” he told me, but I’d missed it.

I inquired about a floor model discount, but the bed was in stock, so the floor model wasn’t for sale. I next lobbed a vague threat, implying I might take my business elsewhere: many stores sell platform beds — what was special about this one?

Jackie demonstrated how the bed allowed for adjustable mattress height and sang BoConcept’s praises as he did so, telling me, “My whole apartment — BoConcept.”

I expressed serious interest in buying the bed if the store would do better on price.

Same friendly smile, same firm “No.”

I began to rope-a-dope him, running through various cost-saving possibilities. Does the store give a discount to the trade, and if so would he be willing to extend it to a civilian like me? How about just 10 percent off? Would he take $1,200? The bed is sold in three pieces: headboard, frame and legs. Could he discount one of the pieces? Wasn’t there something he could do?

“No” came the reply time and again.

Exhausted, I gave up.

Jackie later explained that because BoConcept is a chain, prices are set by the company and never reduced. The company, he added, believes its prices are already low for the industry. He conceded that business was slow, but said the store’s expenses hadn’t changed, and it still needed to make a profit on each sale. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

另外傑奇在二月的事蹟是辦了設計師David Foote的趴替

http://www.davidfootestudio.com/limitededition10/event.html

此趴替最主要是設計師與10家著名品牌合作推出限量品

在2009/2/10的那天借傑奇他們店的場地開了個展示會趴替

傑奇他們家的商品也在其中 這是在趴替中拍的有點不清楚

詳細的資料可以到以下的網址連結看看

http://www.davidfootestudio.com/limitededition10/boconcept.html

而那天站在這大看板前拍了不少照片

之後又有一個攝影師因為我們在看板前拍照後過來拍我們

下面這兩張是專業攝影師拍的嚕

因此我們的相片也跟其他明星一樣在那攝影師的網路相簿裡

還真有一度的錯覺以為自己是明星呢

其他明星們的照片在以下那攝影師的網路相簿連結裡囉

http://picasaweb.google.com/depena.m1/David021009?authkey=5Ku_lBWxkKw&feat=directlink#

至於我那天拍的相片請到以下連結看囉

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/album.php?aid=13955&id=1483803047