We went in with our measurements filled out from the companies website. Our intention was to purchase a fireplace that night (last night). My girlfriend and I went back and forth with each other regarding which style we liked better and the young, salesman kept disagreeing with what I was saying regarding color selection. He wanted to be right, a young man with an ego problem.
My girlfriend and I literally agreed on a fireplace we liked and he interjected saying he didn't feel what we chose would match our current fireplace bricks properly. We liked it and we wanted to buy it. This guy hasn't seen our fireplace, we didn't even bring pictures. We were giving a lot of social cues that we didn't want his opinion but he either couldn't see that we wanted to be left alone to decide for ourselves or didn't care.
In an effort to avoid another trip to ANOTHER fireplace store, I looked at him and said "Have you ever talked yourself out of a sale"? His response was no. I said, "You're about to". Now, at this point, any salesperson with half a brain would have shut their mouth and wrote the order for the $7,300 fireplace we wanted to buy. Not this guy.
After I asked him if he had ever talked himself out of a sale, he stared at me like he was going to fight me. He didn't like that we wanted to decide for ourselves what we wanted, apparently, he didn't feel we were valuing his opinion enough. So, he stepped toward me like he wanted to fight and told us to "Get the F$%# out of "My Store". So, I think he was either the owner or the owner's kid. He literally threw us out of the store moments after we decided which fireplace we wanted to buy. We even gave him an opportunity to just shut his mouth and his ego wouldn't allow him to do that.
This is why retail is dying. We're ordering our fireplace online. The sales experience was horrendous and I'm actually glad they showed their true colors before we gave them any money. read more