Re: Interesting advice on en eBay auction from a guy closing his last coffee shop

| Perhaps I missed something. The distributor I worked for when illy
| decided not to distribute to him told me decidedly that the machines
| were made in France. He himself was French and had the attitude and
| breath that made that evident. This was imparted to me by customers,
| not self-assumed. Come to think of it, he had an arrogant attitude
| that ultimately caused me to quit, and his breath did stink.
| This has no bearing on the quality of the Conti machines, just that he
| claimed territorial ownership of these machines.I hate being lied
| to....al

The machine might well have been *manufactured* in France, as labor rates in
Monte Carlo must be jaw-dropping. In addition, many French probably
*believe* that Monaco is part of France, at least since the Treaty of
Versaille. FWIW, the principality began life as a colony of Genoa.

- David R.

|
|
| On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:34:14 GMT, ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (D.
| Ross) wrote:
|
| >sprsso <acritzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| >
| >|
| >| Which machine is coming out of Monaco these days? The last time I
| >| worked on any of these three, they were all listed as being
| >| manufactured in France....al
| >
| >As Felix points out, Conti is 'officially' not a French company. This is
| >all kind of tenuous, since of course Monaco will become French at some
| >point.
| >
| >- David R.
| >
| >|
| >|
| >|
| >| On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:47:16 GMT, ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (D.
| >| Ross) wrote:
| >|
| >| >| Italian, among most other words, is trying to sell a French machine as
| >| >| Italian. Not that French machines are bad (in fact the Contis, Renekas
| >| >| and Unics are very respectable), but last time I checked France was a
| >| >| whole different country.
| >| >
| >| >Um...so is Monaco, kind of:-)
| >| >
| >| >- David R.
| >|
|

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