In Reply to: How many eye contacts does it require to get some attention at Audible Indifference? posted by FrankC on July 20, 2000 at 13:55:56:
Well, I wasn't exactly *praising* the place--I just said that I had a decent experience with them. It may have been the luck of the draw--some of their salespeople are really nice (and I mean, genuinely friendly), whereas some of them are kind of busy or preoccupied most of the time. I overheard one of the more stand-offish salespeople making a phone call presumeably to a customer, just to congratulate him on its one-year anniversary and to ask how things were going. They treat their existing customers well, maybe at the detriment of potential new customers.Places I would truly praise are Saint Cecilia's Sound Gallery (Hayward) and Music Lover's Audio (Berkeley). They treat you courteously even if they know perfectly well that you're just browsing. The guys at Future Sound are cool but they do give you some sales pressure.
What I appreciated about the Audible Difference is that they let my friend and I hang out in their Vandersteen (low-end) room for as long as we wanted, without interrupting us AT ALL for any reason. We may have just gotten lucky that time, but it made a good impression on me.
I don't like sales pressure because I practically sell myself equipment with all the research I do beforehand.
Andrew
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