If you go to a fine restaurant, jeweller, clothing store or car dealership then you will often meet this same behavior. The fancy restaurant remark reminds me of the movie, "The Jerk." You live here? Oh, it's nice. Did you decorate it?
Navin R. Johnson: Yeah, I got all this stuff from the old Cup 'o Pizza place before they tore it down.
Marie: Good pizza. [the two are eating pizza in a cup]
Navin R. Johnson: Oh, this is the best pizza in a cup ever. This guy is unbelievable. He ran the old Cup 'o Pizza guy out of business. People come from all over to eat this. And: Navin: "Marie, now just stay calm. Stay calm. Don't look down, don't look down! Look up! Just keep your eyes up and keep them that way, o.k.!
Waiter there are snails on her plate. Now get them out of here before she sees them! Look away, just look away, keep your eyes that way! You would think that in a fancy restaurant at these prices you could keep the snails off the food! There are so many snails there you can't even see the food! Now take those away and bring us those melted cheese sandwich appetizers you talked me out of!"
Waiter: "Oui monsieur."
Navin: "Can you believe this? First, they didn't have the bamboo umbrellas for the wine, and now snails on the food! Two boobs! That's what he takes us for!" |
Yes, Wal-Mart did real good with their attempt to go high end and sell designer labels (sarcasm). I live in Middle America suburbia, but I feel real uncomfortable going into a Wal-Mart. It's not worth getting mugged in the parking lot to save a dollar on a three pack of mens underwear. I think Kmart is a step up.
Does anybody remember when Circuit City had their high end room? For a while they were carrying Carver and Onkyo among other brands. |
My high end dealer isn't rude, he is non-existant. As far as I know, none of my components were ever available in the second largest city in Michigan. Oops, sorry, except for Levinson. There hasn't been a two channel demo room in my city in years. If there was, I would drive my rusty 1992 pontiac over there in the morning. Thank goodness for the internet and Audiogon. |
One dealer I used to frequent has gone out of business. The last time I was there I was trying to buy a power cord from him. When I asked the owner the price he said he didn't know.
He told me to call him the next day and he would find out. When I called the following day he wasn't there and his secretary said he just left on a business trip for 2 weeks. When I asked her if someone else could help me she replied that everyone was out to lunch and to leave a #. Well no one ever called me back so I called Music Direct and ordered one from them. Just recently I see the dealer is operating under a different name. Out of curiosity I called him to see what he was selling. He tells me he sold his business to another company. When I asked him why the storefront is vacant he said they closed down the store. If Brick and Mortar stores are going to be so flaky I'll just buy here on Audiogon or the mail order houses. Personally If all high end stores were out of business I could care less. They deserve what they get. It's called bad kharma! |
I've been to St.Cecilia in Clearwater also and really enjoyed my time there; Brian who runs the store is a great guy and knows what sounds the best. |
