Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts

+ oldhvy - Such a wide variety of experiences. When I was a kid in highschool, I use to go every week to the 2 good audio shops in Hawaii, no problems they were away willing to demo equipment for me. Much different here on the "mainland".

For me, it's not so much arrogance as it is being ignored or taken for granted... I like stores where I'm greeted by a friendly person; I don't like stores where I walk in and nobody says anything to me, even if nobody there is doing much of anything else. 

Dealer make no money why have high nose? Import maybe and they the lazy type don't hard lift finger. Dealer don't even wear alligator shoe.

Not everybody is built to work with public.

And , salemen must interact with all sort people .

How much time , would you spend with someone with ragged cloths , asking about

laws informations in front of your office door ?

Next time you go to demo audio gears, give your lawer business card to the receptionnist or a saleman ...... you will be offered a coffe .

The summer of 1978 or 1979 I worked at a high-end audio dealer in the Georgetown neighborhood in DC.  What appeared to be a "smelly homeless guy" and his friend were enjoying our Bang & Olufson display; all the other salesmen left the front of the store, instead of engaging these two customers.

Long-story-short, the "smelly homeless guy" was a neurosurgeon who was on duty so long, he hadn't shaved or probably showered for a few days, catching whatever sleep he could, in between surgeries.

I sold him $38k worth of equipment.

He returned in a few weeks to snag a pair of Yamaha NS1000's for his garage, which was home to his Rolls, Ferrari and Benz.

You never know who will walk into your shop.