This Really Annoyed Me....

[jsox]

Ok,
So yesterday I go over to my local card shop. I have a $20 on me and was looking to snag a couple packs to break. But honestly, i had no idea on what i was looking to get.
So i walk in, and the owner is talking to a couple other guys at the counter, (discussing boxes and what not).
I then go over and pick up a pack of 08-09 Topps Hardwood. I flip it over to review the odds of pulls, and i then hear the owner call over to me "hey, no pack searchin', kid".
Now, I don't know this man personally, just from the 10 times max. i've ever been to his shop, as a friendly customer.

So i give him a nod and put that pack down (avoiding any further problems). And I pick up a pack of 07-08 Hot Prospects.

And apparently, he thought i was searching AGAIN, just because i held it in my hand, deciding what to purchase!
He doesn't say anything the next couple minutes, so i pick up a pack of reg. 08-09 Topps Series 1.

THIS time, he actually bothers to get up, come from behind the desk, and bring a little sign he has saying in highlighted letters "No Pack Searching".

Naturally mad, i say "Hey, i'm not searchin man" and he goes "mhm, sure".

I say "I'm deciding what i want to purchase from you, sir"..

my reply...........

"mhm, of all the packs you've picked up and put back, tough luck"

So now i'm PO'd, right?
This guy's old(er).

So i end up getting 1 pack of Hardwood.
$7 for it

So i say thanks a lot, and shut the door.

I get into the car, just to find a Mike Conley base parallel /299 and a rookie. WOW

i felt like going back in and showing him, saying "How'd my search go?"


What do you think?

[garnett_21]

If he doesn't want people pack searching, he shouldn't have the packs out from behind the counter...just my .02

[jsox]

exactally.
if he didn't want me to (which i wasn't at all, anyway)
he should keep open boxes behind his counter.

well, lemme tell you.
he lost a customer (just for a little while that is).

[rchurchward]

If I was you, I would have gone back in and told him that he just lost a customer.

[jsox]

i shouldve. haha i felt like it.
he's usually the typical nice sales person who gives a nice hello, and has no bad tone of voice.
yesterday, ugh, i dont know he just struck me.

[BCUS28]

I can see both sides, maybe should've asked him to see the box- so you can look at the odds and such.

Still though, that guy sounds mean.

[garnett_21]

Yeah, I guess it's probably better to say your intentions with all the dishonest people out there - maybe he's had theft problems too, as how long does it take to rip off a pack? 2 seconds? He still could've handled it alot better though....

[tyude2]

lol what a grouch

[jsox]

yea, it was so frustrating.
i should've walked away empty-handed.
but, ya know, everyone wants to break a pack, lol ;)

as far as i know, he has a security camera, and keeps all his good cards behind glass (in a case). so, open boxes w/ packs aren't a big deal.
don't know what got into him, haha

[Stlouisrams1600]

I would'nt have bought anything from him.