I don't have many reviews, and that's a good thing because most people are decent, most interactions are relatively good, and few interactions are outstanding, especially those warranting any review.
However, the interaction I just had here was certainly outrageous, and certainly requires reflection. I just happen to pass by, because I was in the area, and I remembered a friend recommend this place because they have a decent selection. Sure enough, they have a marginally better selection than most places, but that's not saying much; far from anything special.
More importantly: I walk in to take a look; ask prices expecting higher than msrp because of the type of store it is; clerk was friendly enough, but that doesn't mean they were helpful. I half-jokingly asked for any discounts; the guy said he can call his boss. I thought 'oh that's great: I'll buy more, if that's the case; I'll support a good business' I told him I'd come back after he gets word from his boss.
I come back later only to see this guy pealing off the price-sticker off the exact bottles I requested, only to put on higher prices -- somehow thinking I wouldn't remember the prices he had just given me -- I ask about the higher prices and then he has the audacity to says he can give me a small discount off the new prices he was in the middle of putting on -- that would've been higher than the original prices. He then outright admitted that he just looked up the newer prices (of newer stock, that hasn't been sitting around losing flavor) and he's adjusting his to meet those prices (even though price margins are already calculated at the time of ordering which are already higher than msrp).
I remember thinking while I was driving back, 'they probably wouldn't give me much of a discount, so whatever they offer, I'd just use that to tip the clerk for being friendly. Boy was I wrong. They have such a lack in morals, they couldn't even honor the already inflated prices, they quoted me just a few minutes earlier. What type of business practices is this...
One of his bottles was literally dated March 2017, so it had been sitting around for 2 years already, near the roof, at the hottest place in the store (the distillery states it only has a 5-year shelf life).
Even though going through this scam of an experience, the guy was friendly enough to where I initially thought: 'I'll just buy one of the cheaper bottles.' But after digesting it for a little longer: why would I want to support these type of business practices... Why would anybody?
Anybody could run their business how they want, but that doesn't mean we have to support them. People need to know their disgusting business practices, lack of decency and morality. read more