Talk:Customer

Phrase

Discuss the phrase "Customer is King and Queen"

Just checking on the etymology. On [1], an impeccable etymology site, it lists an early 15th century switch from one who controls a customs house to one who frequents. I haven't been able to find a citation for the etymology listed in the article. Anyone have a citation?--TheGrza 22:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Is the customer Really King?

There are many customer support websites like: [2]

Prospects?

Are the people waiting in front of H&M really customers or prospects? They are prospects! The definititon is not entirely clear - especially since modern law seems to confuse the terminology. The UK Data Protection Act includes participants in a company's price draw in the list of customers (and they can therefore receive marketing material). This - however - is the exception. Does anyone know similar exceptions?

Picture

This picture is woefully inapplicable to this page. We're faced front and center with security guards for a chain retail store, which barely has more than a few "customers" waiting out front. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SirGrotius (talk • contribs) 18:46, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Removed prod

I removed the prod and restored it to a previous, more elaborate version. Anyone disagreeing with my bold action can of course, restore the prod and/or CSD, I will not revert. -- Logical Premise ^Ergo? 20:15, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup and citations

The article still reads like a high school essay, but I've ripped through it to simplify it and add a load of {{fact}} tags to points which are otherwise Original research. I full rewrite form the basics might be easier than editing this article at present, but citations would give it some authority at least.

I have removed any sections that were (my opinion) padding, and added a See also section to hold areas that were covered in essay form in those sections. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 12:24, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Patron

A customer sometimes is called a patron. That and the circumstances should be described in article. -- Tomdo08 (talk) 22:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Clientele

Now Clientele redirects to Customer,
...but: at the old revision of this page, as edited by 117.195.230.242 (talk) at 14:52, July 24, 2008. ( The list of clients for any company in general called as clientele ). I see it today. --PLA y Grande Covián (talk) 13:27, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

The line

For the British rock band, see The Clientele.

seems totaly misplaced in an article named "Customer". Is it possible to display this line only when the article is shown as a result of redirect from "Clientele"? If not, what about a disambiguation page? 217.68.101.68 (talk)