Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwmcsd1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!uwmcsd1!shop From: shop@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Electronics Shop) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: stereo salespeople Message-ID: <554@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 09:07:26 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmcsd1.554 Posted: Thu Oct 3 09:07:26 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Oct-85 04:53:03 EDT References: <3204@teklabs.UUCP> <474@aero.ARPA> <464@ttrdc.UUCP> Organization: U of Wi-Milwaukee, Computing Services Div Lines: 52 > In article <474@aero.ARPA> cline@aero.UUCP (Ken Cline) writes: > >None of my audiophile friends, or salesmen in better stores like Sure > >cartridges. When one customer complained about his $700 koetsu mistracking, > >the salesman replied, with obvious sarcasm, "You could have bough a Sure." > >I have heard that they are very tough, so keep it if you like to back-cue > >records, and produce your own rap music. > > Sounds like another case of a salesman trying to sell a more expensive > product by playing down a less expensive, but possibly good competitor. > There's less commission to be made, so I suppose the reason is obvious. > > This has ****ALWAYS**** been my experience with stereo salesmen, from > low end to the majority of the high end salespeople I've dealt with. > > My experience with high-enders has been the worst. I find it slightly > ridiculous to have some jerk spout out about how "Brand X" speakers > are all tested by computer with Fourier transforms ...., when after > talking to them for a few seconds it becomes obvious that they have > absolutely no idea what a fourier transform is. When I get a salesman > like this, I always request another and find another store if I > can't get one who will help me instead of trying to shove what he > wants to sell me down my throat. > So, if anyone out there in netland could point me to a stereo place > in Cleveland or Columbus Ohio, Greater Chicago, or the Fort Wayne, > Indianapolis, or South Bend Indiana areas, which employs salespeople > who aren't better suited to selling shoes, I'd be forever grateful. > > On the other hand, it would also be nice to find someone who has ever > found a truly helpful and not pushy stereo salesperson. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keith Drescher (kad@ttrdc) | ... You can check out any > ATT Computer Systems Division, Skokie, Il. | time you like - but you can > PATH: ...!ihnp4!ttrdc!kad | never leave ... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- My experience in an audio store has been with Sound Investments in Milwaukee. It seems they are commited to you getting the best possible piece of equipment at the lowest possible cost. Sure, they like for you to buy something expensive (the boss needs to eat), but they will not push it down your throat. They also will give you excellent technical help, be it whether you bring in your own equipment, or call up late at night just before closing time. I have never had a bad experience with any of these people and never expect to. Thomas Krueger -- Engineering Electronics Shop U of W - Milwaukee ihnp4!uwmcsd1!shop uwmcsd1!shop@wisc-rsch.arpa Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com