SteveMc
Stunt Coordinator
- Joined
- Feb 3, 2001
- Messages
- 230
[rant mode on]
So I made a stop into my local hi-fi shop yesterday since I hadn't been there in a while and I must say i left utterly perturbed! The salesman walks up doing his "What brings ya in?" shpeil and I start telling him what I am looking for..everything except for my new Pioneer HDTV. This guy is so misinformed it made me ill. He tells me that since my SD532 has such a great line doubler, it would look great with an Elite DVD player w/ progressive scan. While this is true, doesn't the internal doubler get bypassed in progressive mode?
What really ticked me off that everytime I brought up a piece of gear that I read about that they didn't carry (i.e. Kenwood's upcoming 400 disc changer) he looks at me like I'm a frickin idiot.
Then to cap it all off, I mentioned that I had "dots" on my display due to a defect (that has also affected theElite line as well, which they carry) in the CRT that caused phosphor burn in my red CRT. Since I also told him that I bought it from Sam's Club, he starts telling me that because of the price I got, it was definately a refurb model and that they aren't even authorized to sell it! Obviously the guy didn't have a clue what he was talking about. I did want to speak to someone there about employment, but I was too damn frusterated with this schmuck I figured I better leave it for another day. Funny how one comment can change your whole opinion of someone and ruin your entire shopping experience
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So I made a stop into my local hi-fi shop yesterday since I hadn't been there in a while and I must say i left utterly perturbed! The salesman walks up doing his "What brings ya in?" shpeil and I start telling him what I am looking for..everything except for my new Pioneer HDTV. This guy is so misinformed it made me ill. He tells me that since my SD532 has such a great line doubler, it would look great with an Elite DVD player w/ progressive scan. While this is true, doesn't the internal doubler get bypassed in progressive mode?
What really ticked me off that everytime I brought up a piece of gear that I read about that they didn't carry (i.e. Kenwood's upcoming 400 disc changer) he looks at me like I'm a frickin idiot.
Then to cap it all off, I mentioned that I had "dots" on my display due to a defect (that has also affected theElite line as well, which they carry) in the CRT that caused phosphor burn in my red CRT. Since I also told him that I bought it from Sam's Club, he starts telling me that because of the price I got, it was definately a refurb model and that they aren't even authorized to sell it! Obviously the guy didn't have a clue what he was talking about. I did want to speak to someone there about employment, but I was too damn frusterated with this schmuck I figured I better leave it for another day. Funny how one comment can change your whole opinion of someone and ruin your entire shopping experience
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