[ale] What's the best geek store in Atlanta area?

[tom]

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Robert Reese~ wrote:

>> Robert Reese~ wrote:
>>>> Mike Harrison wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm in Chattanooga, we have Best Buy, and Circuit City...
>>>>>
>>>> Mike Harrison wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'v
>>>>> What's the best place(s) in Atlanta I can take him?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Fry's. End of story.
>>>>
>>> Yes, if you want to expose your customer to the worst possible
>>> customer service and overly expensive prices.
>>>
>>
>> I would suggest that that 'title' belongs to Best Buy...
>
> Okay.  Marginally.
>
> P.S.: I too have been asked to leave stores for giving other shoppers better and
> contradictory advice.  More than once.  And funny, more than once the other
> shopper became upset at the store for that, defended me - a fellow shopper - and
> left empty handed. :)
>
Ok. So _far_ I've not been asked to leave a store, although I've been 
tempted to jump in once or twice. Trouble is, I've also worked the other 
side of the street (just long enough to learn that I suck at the job). If 
the sales droid doesn't emphasize some products, baby dont get no dinner 
(forget new shoes).

Couple of years ago I had fun talking with a marketing manager/sales 
droid over salesmanship. He told a tale of a location he managed where he 
had an "honest" salesman who, lack of a better term, wasted two hours 
agreeing with the customer about how wonderful a particular product was 
and really selling the product, but there were none in stock! Worse, none 
would ever be in stock since it was a brand that the store didn't sell! 
And still worse was that the man didn't help _other_ customers because he 
was fooling around with the first.

Understanding that the floor salesman's job is to get the customer out the 
door with product and a paid for receipt goes a fair way to understanding 
many obvious cases of "incompetence".

FWIW, I have refused to use Circuit City for nearly 20 years after a 
service manager saw the "Dr." on my business card, and started looking for 
free medical advice. I'm a chemist, but I couldn't convince him of that. 
Then they didn't repair the broken device so it stayed fixed.

I feel sorry for the competent employees I'm sure were salted into Circuit 
City - but I feel no sense of loss with their bankrupcy. Even if they 
survive, I doubt I'll use them again.