The tweeter on one of my old faithful speakers finally died so since me & Mrs Frantic were gonna be in town anyways we decided to look at some new ones.
The 1st place we hit was Ultimate Electronics,I'd never been in that store.We spent 10 minutes lookin' at speakers while 3 salesguys sat in the corner bullshittin' with each other.They never acknowledged us,gave no indication they wanted to help,so we started walkin' out (their prices were goddam outrageous anyway),then one starts kinda strollin' towards us,but at that point I'm makin' somewhat loud noises about "Crappy customer service" (mind you,the store had maybe 10 customers) & when I glanced over my shoulder I saw he'd disappeared.
I found out at the next store (see below) that most of their audio salespeople had been fired from there.
The next store is locally owned & operated,they greeted us as soon as we walked in the door,took us directly to waht we wanted to see & the owner's son,who recognized me,waited on us personally.He gave us 1/2 off on a set of Pinnacle BD650s (fairly expensive) that are being discontinued there.He went to a great deal of trouble to hook up 3-4 pairs so we could hear them.Wrapped them up himself & helped us carry 'em to the car.Now THAT's service!
So DIAF Ultimate Electronics,beaten to a pulp by a little local store.
The 1st place we hit was Ultimate Electronics,I'd never been in that store.We spent 10 minutes lookin' at speakers while 3 salesguys sat in the corner bullshittin' with each other.They never acknowledged us,gave no indication they wanted to help,so we started walkin' out (their prices were goddam outrageous anyway),then one starts kinda strollin' towards us,but at that point I'm makin' somewhat loud noises about "Crappy customer service" (mind you,the store had maybe 10 customers) & when I glanced over my shoulder I saw he'd disappeared.
I found out at the next store (see below) that most of their audio salespeople had been fired from there.
The next store is locally owned & operated,they greeted us as soon as we walked in the door,took us directly to waht we wanted to see & the owner's son,who recognized me,waited on us personally.He gave us 1/2 off on a set of Pinnacle BD650s (fairly expensive) that are being discontinued there.He went to a great deal of trouble to hook up 3-4 pairs so we could hear them.Wrapped them up himself & helped us carry 'em to the car.Now THAT's service!
So DIAF Ultimate Electronics,beaten to a pulp by a little local store.
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