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In Reply to: RE: I just read an Interesting thread on Audiogon posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on July 13, 2014 at 14:32:54
It strikes me that folks reap what they sow. I can't recall ever being treated poorly even if I tell the folks that I'm not looking to buy anything.
I also don't waste their time and buy online. If one were to do that often, I'd suspect that you might get treated poorly on the 37th visit.
-Rod
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I was thinking of buying velodyne 15in sub and B&W speakers from our oldest local shop I had cash in pocket ready to buy but thought best to listen to 2 pairs of B&W before purchase. I waited and waited no others in store just 2 sales staff. I walked to front of store asked for assistance they said they would get to me rudely I waited some more got sick of it so went to store front and again waited as they chit chatted with a UPS guy. I asked again they gave me the look. I flashed cash about 8k at the time they perked up and I walked. I purchased much gear over the years and later got to know owner and head sales guy but I never bought from them again. I headed to another shop and was treated great. I still buy from that shop in madison the others gone now. But was a long time ago now sales guys kiss my ass since they know I buy. Think the old judgemental snobby audio shops pretty much gone today and that might be a good thing.
Paul Heath on N. Clark St. in Chicago was sort of like that. If you walked in and weren't dressed to the nines you might well be ignored. Word got around and finally they were gone. A few others have gone by the wayside or are about to.
Qualifying customers is one thing, but there's no excuse for rudeness. Treat people in kind and always give them a positive experience. Karma comes around.
Brian
So much music, so little time!
Your a player dog. You are running an Audio website. Of course they aren't going to kick you to the curb. If they did you would be on here screaming bloody murder.
Rudimentary spelling and grammar seems to be lacking for some.
> > Your a player dog. You are running an Audio website.
What do you think? That I'd wear all Audio Asylum logoed gear and tell sales people that I'm an important person?
I'm just not that kind of arrogant jerk though my wife might claim otherwise.
-Rod
I figure you park your car in the VIP space and once that see that 458 with the custom Hre's they know you are a player. Then you drop your card will the amount of hit's you get a day and there rolling out the Dom and caviar. I'm not a big boy but I do know how you players roll.
"I'm not a big boy [player?] but I do know how you players roll."
Even if you watch fair amount of reality TV, that does not count in context of this discussion. You might be able to stay on point if you curtail this obsession you have with the wealth of others. Of course, this would mean conceding many of the arguments you pose.
If you covet respect, start by making an effort to understand what passes as experienced knowledge {player?}, here.
but you're playing stereotypes more than you're playing your stereo.
roger wang.
of playing the language barrier "card" (the one you've played many times in the past).Edit:
Are you Larry/Laurence who once had a moniker that included the word"audiophile"?
Anyway, you remind me of him.
Edits: 07/14/14
As high school kids, my buddy and I used haunt the HiFi shops of Santa Monica and Westwood in the early 50s, carrying a copy of Toscanini's Pictures. The sales folk never rejected playing it on equipment we couldn't possibly afford. But the sports car dealers on Ventura boulevard also let us take out XK-120 and 140 Jags. Seems crazy in retrospect, but maybe they thought they were building a future customer base.
db
Didn't live here until 1977, but visited in the early 60's, the late 60's & then again in the early 70's.
Didn't get much of what I saw (while visiting) until later on, aside from the Venice Beach riots.
Nice link below.
N/T
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
remember: it was said with love in my heart, quad-love (for each of the four chambers of my heart).
roger wang.
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