Roger Remund form SwissBianco asked us in the Messerforum.net, if someone would like to go to the Victorinox Road-Show and have a meet and greet with the Victorinox-Crew here in Berlin.
I was more than willing and happy to attend ;-)
Two days before I received a package from Ibach in Switzerland.
Well, I thought, that will be some catalogs an maybe some sort of credentials.
Man was I wrong!
When I opened the package, I was stunned. Before my eyes I had an brandnew Spartan, with my forum-name on it!
With the knife came some swiss chocolate and a nice postcard, stating this would be my personal Swiss Army Knife and they where looking forward to meet me.
Hows that for a start?
Neither did I expect such act of generosity, nor did I know what to say.
A warm thank you again, Vanessa!
Last year Victorinox had entertained a little Show Room here in Berlin at the main terminal station, called Hauptbahnhof, with their offerings shown off, but this time it would be much bigger.
This year it was the well known Potsdamer Platz, one of the main tourist attractions:
(The young lady is the daugther of one of my forum-colleagues Karsten)
Its summer, its vacation-time, where do you find tourists from all over the world?
Potsdamer Platz would be a pretty good gues.
So, a nicely choosen place to set up the Road Show, and reach a lot of people.
We met friday at 7pm after the Victorinox-Crew had the hole day in their legs.
Were they tired? Grumpy?
Far from it.
After a communal drink and proper introductions, we started to chat.
We where in the company of Sebastien Eich, which is the Community Manager, Alain Hospenthal, Head of Marketing & Sales, Jan Pyott, Internet Manager Time Pieces and Vanessa Dettling, Internet Manager.
What surprised me the most, was the open-mindedness and interest in our thoughts.
What do we like in the knives, what do we expect, what would we wish to be changed, everything was open for discussion.
I brought some of my SAK-collection and truth be told, they where spot on, telling time of manufacture and aproximate age of the knives.
Truly amazing, since to the untrained eye one SAK looks like another.
I was more than willing and happy to attend ;-)
Two days before I received a package from Ibach in Switzerland.
Well, I thought, that will be some catalogs an maybe some sort of credentials.
Man was I wrong!
When I opened the package, I was stunned. Before my eyes I had an brandnew Spartan, with my forum-name on it!
With the knife came some swiss chocolate and a nice postcard, stating this would be my personal Swiss Army Knife and they where looking forward to meet me.
Hows that for a start?
Neither did I expect such act of generosity, nor did I know what to say.
A warm thank you again, Vanessa!
Last year Victorinox had entertained a little Show Room here in Berlin at the main terminal station, called Hauptbahnhof, with their offerings shown off, but this time it would be much bigger.
This year it was the well known Potsdamer Platz, one of the main tourist attractions:
(The young lady is the daugther of one of my forum-colleagues Karsten)
Its summer, its vacation-time, where do you find tourists from all over the world?
Potsdamer Platz would be a pretty good gues.
So, a nicely choosen place to set up the Road Show, and reach a lot of people.
We met friday at 7pm after the Victorinox-Crew had the hole day in their legs.
Were they tired? Grumpy?
Far from it.
After a communal drink and proper introductions, we started to chat.
We where in the company of Sebastien Eich, which is the Community Manager, Alain Hospenthal, Head of Marketing & Sales, Jan Pyott, Internet Manager Time Pieces and Vanessa Dettling, Internet Manager.
What surprised me the most, was the open-mindedness and interest in our thoughts.
What do we like in the knives, what do we expect, what would we wish to be changed, everything was open for discussion.
I brought some of my SAK-collection and truth be told, they where spot on, telling time of manufacture and aproximate age of the knives.
Truly amazing, since to the untrained eye one SAK looks like another.
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