I like your point that there are two compounding problems there--one being discounting or ignoring meta discussions that are not in your own culture or language, and the other issue of cultural awareness, or lack of it. I suspect the doll companies in various countries put up with thigns they perceive as shockingly rude behavior from many customers, simply out of differences in marketplace practices, such as dickering. As with sports, in that particular specialty hobby you also see really charming examples of people going to a lot of trouble to reach across those divides and connect on the basis of understanding one another's efforts. It's always wonderful to see how the other party cares just as much as you do about doing wonderful work, for instance.
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Date: 26 Jan 2011 03:00 am (UTC)I suspect the doll companies in various countries put up with thigns they perceive as shockingly rude behavior from many customers, simply out of differences in marketplace practices, such as dickering. As with sports, in that particular specialty hobby you also see really charming examples of people going to a lot of trouble to reach across those divides and connect on the basis of understanding one another's efforts. It's always wonderful to see how the other party cares just as much as you do about doing wonderful work, for instance.