Jeremy Bender
Platinum Member
Went into an independently owned music store the other day, they sell mainly guitars and a handul of keyboards and a modest drum section cosisting of a few kits, some basic snares and a dozen or so cymbals fom the big 3 displayed on cymbal trees.
Upon enetering, the salesman asked what I'd be interested in looking at and I told him 'drum gear'. Going off to the far side of the store to try out a couple of new 2002 crashes on the tree for sale ( a fair coat of dust on them). I noticed the sticker price -MAP. That's fine, we could deal with talking about price later.
Then... a college age employee comes over and says "what are you here to buy"? I answer 'I'm here to browse and if I hear or see something I like I'll probably get it.'
He steps away to take a phone call at the desk.
A couple more taps on some ride cymbals a few more glancing blows to hear the crashes again with a 5A.
He returns and says "Sir could you please stop playing those cymbals? I'm trying to conduct business on the phone."
As I place the mismatched complimentary sticks aside I ask him 'you sell cymbals but don't want people to hear how they sound before they buy them?" his response "They're loud."
So, scratch that store off potential places to spend my money in the future. Now I understand why the dust stays on the cymbals.
It's sad because Mom and Pop music stores are a dying business model of the 20th century and situations like this just shorten their life span.
Upon enetering, the salesman asked what I'd be interested in looking at and I told him 'drum gear'. Going off to the far side of the store to try out a couple of new 2002 crashes on the tree for sale ( a fair coat of dust on them). I noticed the sticker price -MAP. That's fine, we could deal with talking about price later.
Then... a college age employee comes over and says "what are you here to buy"? I answer 'I'm here to browse and if I hear or see something I like I'll probably get it.'
He steps away to take a phone call at the desk.
A couple more taps on some ride cymbals a few more glancing blows to hear the crashes again with a 5A.
He returns and says "Sir could you please stop playing those cymbals? I'm trying to conduct business on the phone."
As I place the mismatched complimentary sticks aside I ask him 'you sell cymbals but don't want people to hear how they sound before they buy them?" his response "They're loud."
So, scratch that store off potential places to spend my money in the future. Now I understand why the dust stays on the cymbals.
It's sad because Mom and Pop music stores are a dying business model of the 20th century and situations like this just shorten their life span.
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