Madidas

Most of you must be aware of the story of a guy who was told that whatever land he could cover on his feet by the sunset, will all be his.. On Saturday we had gone to Erlangen. Its a place where ADIDAS has its factory outlet. It was said that this was the birthplace of Adidas (info not reliable). It is a place where adidas sells most of its products at discounted rates. On top of that, since Infy has a big account in Adidas, we have a discount of 30% over the rates. (we need to produce I-card of one of the members of the Adidas team).

So we travelled to Erlangen, some 3 and a half hour by train from Frankfurt to shop. Dunno why, but Sachin had warned me that its a huge place and you may get confused (how soon has he started knowing me). So when we reached there, the outlet was as expected - huge. Inside was full of things.. so many of them that after first 10 min i had to regroup myself and had to think of things that i wanted to buy and stay focussed on them.
So I bought a pair of shoes, a bagpack and some other things. They were giving free gifts on your amount exceeding some value..
above 75€ - an Adidas cap
above 100€ - a football (small one)
above 150€ - pair of towels :)

I got a football.. At the end of it, i felt i should have bought something more.. problem that i faced is that everything that was displayed had a size. and that size was specified in 10 different ways.. so it was a real tough decision to buy anything for someone without trying out.. anyways.. it was a good experience.. my new shoes are really nice :). and i plan to visit that place again in near future.. If the trend continues, all the Infoscions may soon become brand ambassadors for adidas.. ( a few ones out here have already started )..

ciao..
its football time :)
-zing