Hello,

(back from my trip and what a thread to jump 
into!)

Anyway, just a clarification -- I was in constant 
email contact with the person at Atomic Club and 
had made an explicit appointment. Unfortunately 
he didn't show up and the people there didn't 
know anything about what was going on since he 
didn't leave any instructions. I was disappointed 
that I ended up buying cels that I had ordered 
for my friends (not all of them were there) and 
none for me. It happens. I hated that I also blew 
an afternoon in Paris at the store and not 
looking at more interesting things. (hee hee but 
who else around here can say that some of their 
cels were in the Louvre because that's where I 
went afterwards). I did finally get an email from 
him after I got back to the states. 

Perhaps the most disappointing thing was tripling 
the price on a cel that had already been 
confirmed. That was rather unprofessional. 

After talking with my friend who lives in Paris, 
we came to the conclusion that it was very much a 
cultural difference. The "American" expectations 
of customer service are very different from other 
standards. Perhaps I should have talked with 
other French people to help me with these 
differences and then my experience would have 
been a lot smoother. Too bad ^^; I would have 
dropped some very serious cash there but didn't 
get a chance to. ^^ C'est la vie!

Wendy