Yes there is something to the taking of ideas from customers and using them if there is enough of a demand.
However in regards to the electronic cigarettes, we don't and won't carry them.
Reason number one is we cater to cigar and pipe tobacco smokers. There are actually quite a few of the younger crowd going to pipe tobacco because it is cheaper, and is seen as a bit more classy. Cigars are becoming a thing that kids 18-20 can hang out and do legally here after the bar/restaurants prohibit their presence after 9pm, and I enjoy talking with some of the college kids who frequent our shop.
Anyway, we keep getting calls for the e-cigs, and most of the people say 'ok, thanks anyway' when we tell them we don't sell them.
However this girl calls and after I tell her we don't carry them, she proceeds to complain and tell me no one sells them around here, and that we should totally sell them.
I tell her we do see a market for it but not with us, because of our customer base, etc.
"But you could totally make a ton of money at it"
Yeah, I am sure I could but it is not our market base.
She repeats the same phrase about making money, and adds that she's 'totally serious'.
Well, given her voice inflections and vocabulary choices, I am guessing she's under 25, and I ask her.
"Believe it or not, I am 25 ya know..."
Well, I wouldn't know because you talk like my 13yo step-daughter.
And your manners of calling up and proceeding to tell me how to run MY business, are that of someone who has no class and I shame your parents for allowing you to believe acting like this at age 25 is even remotely ok.
However in regards to the electronic cigarettes, we don't and won't carry them.
Reason number one is we cater to cigar and pipe tobacco smokers. There are actually quite a few of the younger crowd going to pipe tobacco because it is cheaper, and is seen as a bit more classy. Cigars are becoming a thing that kids 18-20 can hang out and do legally here after the bar/restaurants prohibit their presence after 9pm, and I enjoy talking with some of the college kids who frequent our shop.
Anyway, we keep getting calls for the e-cigs, and most of the people say 'ok, thanks anyway' when we tell them we don't sell them.
However this girl calls and after I tell her we don't carry them, she proceeds to complain and tell me no one sells them around here, and that we should totally sell them.
I tell her we do see a market for it but not with us, because of our customer base, etc.
"But you could totally make a ton of money at it"
Yeah, I am sure I could but it is not our market base.
She repeats the same phrase about making money, and adds that she's 'totally serious'.
Well, given her voice inflections and vocabulary choices, I am guessing she's under 25, and I ask her.
"Believe it or not, I am 25 ya know..."
Well, I wouldn't know because you talk like my 13yo step-daughter.
And your manners of calling up and proceeding to tell me how to run MY business, are that of someone who has no class and I shame your parents for allowing you to believe acting like this at age 25 is even remotely ok.
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