Total "High Fidelity" moment today at Paul's Boutique. I've been shopping there since they first opened with some Dan Electros hanging in the window and not much else. So sorry to see success has ruined the place.
One expects some "attitude" in music stores but the staff here are over the top.
The gentleman behind the counter literally was rolling his eyes and shrugging his shoulders and repeating every one of my questions back to me like I was an idiot.
I brought in a guitar for set up. The invoice he produced had no price written on it, he did not mention what strings they would use, how much they charged for the setup etc.
He banged the instrument on the counter while tagging it, and when I asked about the three delay pedals on display he stared off into space, shrugged his shoulders and said they had "not much happening"
Example
Me: "Oh, I see you have a Maxxon AD 939 delay, tell me about it?"
Him: "it's a Maxxon AD 939 delay" ...shrug, rolling of eyes
Me: "Tell me about this Mooer analog delay."
Him: " it's a analog delay made by Mooer", shrug, rolling of eyes
I'm 52 years old and have been playing music longer than this gentleman has been alive.
Worst customer service in a music store I've ever experienced.
I walked out with the half-ass invoice, thought about it for a few moments and went back in and pulled the instrument.
God knows if the front of the house is this brainless no telling what kind of talent they have working downstairs.
Paul's Boutique lost the gig for the guitar set up, the bass set up I was prepared to do next week, and they lost the sale on the pedal because of this employees terrible attitude.
Note to owner. FIRE THIS CHUMP and hire people who respect musicians or at the very least have some interest in their jobs.
I live a stones throw away from the store and I can assure the owner I will tell every single musician I know in the Market about the experience.
A waste of time.
Go to "Capsule" on Queen, at least you will be afforded a degree of respect, a touch of enthusiasm, and prompt and informative answers to your questions.
Sad to see what was once such a nice shop being managed by employees who couldn't try any harder to be disrespectful.
If the owner is interested, you want to get rid of the dude working the front of the store on March 25, he's lazy, careless, and indifferent...
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