retail endorsements

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permit me a moment to bitch. so i bought annie lennox's medusa at the cd spins downtown and it turned out to be too scratched to play properly. they issued me a credit slip but i didn't have time to use it on my lunch hour so i figured i'd wait and go to the one in davis. so after work, about 6:30ish i head over. with five or so of us the clerk announces: "i'm going on lunch break so please hurry up and finish." umm ok. when i worked retail alone i never got a "lunch" (i just ate food while working, in between customers) and was just compensated for the extra time. i've worked retail, i know about customers and breaks and all that jazz and if i were him, i would have waited for one of those lulls when no one was in and scurried up to put up the "temporarily closed" sign.

anyway. so i've got a $8.39 credit and i'm holding a cd priced at $5.99. i'm trying to use up the last bit of my credit (and probably go over and spend more money) when he comes up to me and point-blank tells me to stop looking. so i give him the cd and credit slip.

me: so can i get change?
him: no, i'll have to write you a new credit slip for the difference (which, mind you is $2.10)
me: that's what i thought. i was trying to save you the effort by picking out another cd so i'd use it all.
him: in a huff well, i've already been waiting 20 MINUTES to go to lunch!

wow? really? your lunch was 20 minutes late? here, let me cry a tear for you. no, wait, i don't think i will. what an asshole. and that's been my experience with all but one of the staff there. i showed up one morning when they opened only to be told by the clerk to come back in half an hour 'cause he needed to get coffee.

so i figured it might be a perfect time to try disc diggers since my roommate raves about them so much. and ya know what? their staff was MORE friendly, MORE knowledgable, they had WAY MORE of a selection that was BETTER organized and WAY CHEAPER prices. hmm, i wonder where i'll be doing all my used music shopping now. you guessed it, DISC DIGGERS.

Comments

[sissychrissy1.livejournal.com]

FYI, the staff at the CD Spins in Havard Squar (on Church Street) is super friendly.

[philbot.livejournal.com]

Perhaps he was uncomfortable with a pirate in his store.

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

When I was trying to sell off some of my CD collection, Disc Diggers refused some CDs I'd never even taken out of the case -- if they thought that it MAYBE POSSIBLY MIGHT be scratched, they refused it. Which, from the customer side, is really nice.e

[seaweedgirle.livejournal.com]

I agree here ... they are super selective. And have a *much* better selection, esp. for stuff other than rock. Plus, they have much more of a community vibe.

[georgy.livejournal.com]

I don't live in Davis, so I've only been to Disc Diggers once a few years ago, and I thought their prices were kinda high ($9-11) compared to what I'm used to. What are their prices like now? I live closer to Davis now so I may want to give it another try.

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

i got 8 CD's for $29, i think that's pretty decent :)