tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post115419849429966400..comments2024-02-27T11:26:39.655-07:00Comments on Southern Rockies Nature Blog: Are you cool enough to buy our stuff?Chas S. Cliftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1156550615477710012006-08-25T18:03:00.000-06:002006-08-25T18:03:00.000-06:00Agreed. Absolute Bikes is a great shop. Attentive,...Agreed. Absolute Bikes is a great shop. Attentive, friendly, knowledgeable staff who love bikes and treat customers (in my experience) well. They also do a lot for the community in terms of sponsorship of bike-related and sustainable/green events and issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154474637471369232006-08-01T17:23:00.000-06:002006-08-01T17:23:00.000-06:00I agree. I shop a lot at independent stores, but r...I agree. I shop a lot at independent stores, but refuse to do so just because it's an independent store.<BR/><BR/>A certain bookstore comes to mind, where I was always ignored and often treated with hostility. After all, I often interrupted the all-so-important discussions of MFA poets and post-modern cynics gathered around the front desk.<BR/><BR/>They went out of business, with much gnashing of teeth from the MFA crowd. But contrary to their assertions, it was not Barnes and Noble that ended the store, it was horrendous customer service.<BR/><BR/>All that said, I suspect at least part of the reason they ignore me is because I am chronically uncool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154468903352599932006-08-01T15:48:00.000-06:002006-08-01T15:48:00.000-06:00M.L. Miller,I don't think it's you (although do we...M.L. Miller,<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's you (although do we ever get out of high school?).<BR/><BR/>I think too many gun shops turn into clubhouses for the owner and his friends rather than, as Matt says about bike shops, stores that are supposed to MOVE MERCHANDISE.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154448148508321432006-08-01T10:02:00.000-06:002006-08-01T10:02:00.000-06:00I am routinely ignored in both gun shops and fly s...I am routinely ignored in both gun shops and fly shops, even when I make it clear I am there to buy something. I seem to be uncool in any situation, a high school lesson that remains true today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154351811219582572006-07-31T07:16:00.000-06:002006-07-31T07:16:00.000-06:00Chas I don't clink when I want but I do wear the n...Chas I don't clink when I want but I do wear the nifty little ankle straps. They even glow! I figured THAT would be enough to get me in the door, but no.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154229746399829622006-07-29T21:22:00.000-06:002006-07-29T21:22:00.000-06:00Matt,I bet you don't dress funny with shoes that c...Matt,<BR/><BR/>I bet you don't dress funny with shoes that click on the floor when you walk into the shop. That's your problem.Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321070.post-1154214462940519122006-07-29T17:07:00.000-06:002006-07-29T17:07:00.000-06:00Chas: Bike shops are my bane. I love these kids--...Chas: Bike shops are my bane. I love these kids---they are living their dreams, working among the bikes and gear that rule their lives anyway. But at some point you have to MOVE MERCHANDISE in order to STAY IN BUSINESS. <BR/><BR/>I am not enough of a "bike guy" to be immediately recognizable as such. They peg me immediately as a wanna-be, which is fine and pretty accurate except that I bike 10 miles day to and from the office and I NEED this stuff!Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.com