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Vanochtend een mailtje gehad van Sony Japan:
Dear Mr. AJ Verstraten,
Your message has been received by Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.
Thank you for your email message.
However there isn't Sony branded tobacco pipes in Japan.
As Sony has been implementing local zone management system, local
company for each area (country) manages own sales, planning,
production and servicing etc in their operations. Therefore we
don't have any information of overses models. Regarding overseas
models, please inquire to your local company.
Also regarding 'The Pipe Room' located in the Sony building in
Tokyo in 2001, we confirmed it was the tobacco shop "JT InfoPlaza"
produced by JT (Japan Tobacco Inc.), not 'The Pipe Room'. The shop
was closed in 2002.
We are sorry for not fully complying with your request this time,
but we would appreciate your kind understanding of the above.
Sincerely yours,
Sony Marketing (Japan) Inc.
Ik heb nu JTI aangeschreven (die zitten in Zwitserland of all places) het kan namelijk zijn dat die pijp wel verkocht is daar maar vanuit JTI en niet vanuit Sony.
En ik ga Gubbles nog maar eens aanschrijven, want ik begin te geloven dat de pijp zelf misschien wel door Sony Nederland is uitgegeven maar door Gubbles is gemaakt.
Ik ben namelijk nog steeds overtuigd dat de pijp daar vandaan komt gezien het logo.

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