shoplifting and extortion

[Big Booger]

Anyone else suspect that 'kansaiboy' and 'dog man' might just have something in common...?

Spot on.

now about the price versus exchange:

.....model seems different from what they show in US for this board and ask if I can exchange it... I have yet to pay a dime....

He said he would speak to the distributor and let me know...Make a long story short, the distributor told the store...no...the store then told me "You have to buy it..".... " if not we will call the cops"

Also, as a bonus point, I called the distrubutor to see if they had another model they could swap and they dont.....or should I say, they wont...at least thats what they are telling me.... also nobody threaten's me...especially some surf store...... I have tried but failed to negotiate peace in Japan...

I don't see exchanging a special order item unless indeed the item is different from the one in the catalog that you ordered from. Honestly, from what you wrote (could be just miscommunication) but it seems to me that you got what you ordered, then you found a different (perhaps similar model) and wanted to exchange it.If so revert back to my McD's analogy.

And if it wasn't about the price then why did you mention it in your original post? I think it was about the price initially and then you decided, what the hell I'll pay the bloated price, but I want a different board. So you took on the exchange mentality.

I personally would do as you are going to do and see if the teachers can help you out with this. Maybe they can resolve it amicably.

If so then great. If not, then you're stuck with the board that you originally agreed to. 52000 yen is not that large of an amount. It's not like you're buying the Hope Diamond or anything. You will get a board and can surf your heart out with it. Yeah it may not be the model of your deepest desire, but you can still use it.

And as for AK, he's the FG controversial king. Confrontation is his middle name. He lives to argue. And that my friends is not, "BULLSHIT"

On a personal note, I had a little ruckus with a store manager in Japan myself about returning a defective item. I got angry, started yelling, cursed him up one side and down the other. I got my refund but in the end I lost my dignity as a human being and I now regret it. Handle it maturely and it should work out well for you, even if the outcome is not exactly what you have in mind.

[Mulboyne]

I will be meeting with him, and my boss for lunch, in which time my boss and i will try to negotiate a settlement...of some kind.. now i wont be paying him the Y52,000. I am doing this mostly also cuz of my school and dont need the attention any longer

Good luck, mate. That sounds like a good way forward. Make sure your boss knows everything and figure out with him beforehand what kind of resolution you would accept. And, whatever the shop guy pulls, make sure you keep your cool. If he decides to lose it, then that undermines his case. Don't react. Keep us posted.

[kotatsuneko]

why would you expect help/advice from people you slag off after being here 5 minutes? why not just got to young dudes forum? thats about your level imho.. there are good people here, this is the best Japan related forum. don't go putting people off here

has another tedious troll crawled out from under the bridge?

I call shenannigans

p.s why not just take AK's advice and get deported that way there will be one less idiot in the country messing things up for people who care about living there? Japan is too good for scum like you. Now get back to selling your beaked rabbits