Originally Posted by
aread
You were asking for FREE advice and got irritated when the shop didn't drop everything and give you a detailed explanation for something that you could learn on the internet?
He would have been smart to answer your questions, but he is certainly under no obligation to do so.
Owning an archery shop is something I couldn't do. I could handle the archery side of it, but not the people skills side. People asking for free stuff is ok if you are doing it as a hobby, but it would really irritate me if I were trying to make a living from it.
Most of the people coming in asking for free advice likely likely will never spend enough in a shop to justify the time spent on them. But no one can pick out the small minority who are on the verge of spending a couple thousand dollars. I think that is where I would fail and apparently that's where this shop is failing.
A small archery shop is a tough way to make a living anytime. With the poor economy the last few years, it's even harder.
I can see your point.
If I am going to get all my advice fron the interent. Which can be bad advice, I will just do all my buying on the interent.
It is called customer service. You build a reputation of being a good helpful shop and word will spread. I went to another mathews dealer 45 minutes from my house.
What a difference. Helful did all the work in front of me. none of this leave it and came back in a week to pick your bow up.
Awesome shop in my opinion.
That is where I will be spending my money.
I can buy everything he sells on the interent for a couple bucks less. but this guy gave me the time of day , was not arrogant, and really helped me out.
So I did end up dropping $50 on some other stuff saturday.
and my new z7 will come from there also.
I guess you never know who is after freebies but it is a gamble you take to build your reputation.
My gut feel i sthis guy did not know what he was talking about or did not have the knowedge to answer my questions.