Treborklow

The Hello Eddie Guitar

Originally posted by chu2 I guess I was jsut in a negative frame of mind when I started this whole thing. But the thing that really got me going was taht the same salesguy tracked me throughout my whole trip. I walk through the fron door to the wall of electrc guitars. He walks up to me there. Then I walk to the acoustic room. He follows me there. You must have looked like a buyer then. Usually they don't bother me when I dress in my casual garb. Sometimes on the way to a dinner party I stop by a GC and I'm all dressed up and have on an expensive coat. They are on me like flies when I do this. If you wear nice expensive clothers maybe they think you have money dropping out of your pockets and you're gonna buy something. They're just salesmen looking for the same signs as car salesmen. Signs of a sale and a buyer worthy of their attention.

I go to several GC's every week looking for cool used stuff. Pretty much every employee has seen me in their stores and if you go there a lot and just look around eventually they leave you alone. They won't spend the time on anyone not buying. So I have the place to myself and when I do buy something I buy from one guy in each store. He knows not to bug me, he knows when I need him I'll get his attention. Keep in mind these sales guys are just people trying to do a job and like any job, some are better than others at it. Some sales guy's help, some annoy, just like any other person doing any other job. You can't avoid them, you just deal with it. When I have to talk to a salesman I can see I don't want to be bothered with I just make up some BS for him. I tell him my brother sent me in to see if they had any so-and-so's and I'm just looking around to kill some time. If there is another store nearby I'll say my wife is in the store next door and I'm just killing time. Sometimes I just tell them the truth, I'm looking for used stuff. If they don't have what you want they can't sell it to you and they won't bug you.

In the guitar store; always make sure you play the loudest in the store. After all, you never know when you'll be discovered. Besides, playing loud and fast means you're really really good. Be sure to scan the crowd to see who's impressed while playing. Don't play something the other customers don't know. Stick with the classics like Stairway To Heaven, Blackbird and maybe some Floyd. Better yet, just learn the main riff to Smoke On The Water and play it over and over. If you already know some fast heavy metal sounding finger exercise, just play that instead, it makes you sound like someone who knows their way around the fretboard. And always have some slaggy looking chick with you that looks bored. That tells everyone you play a lot as she's heard it all before, and that you're good enough to get the girl. Be sure to wear something that leaves its mark on the guitar like studs and sharp pointy wristbands. This might be the only mark you leave in music, so make it a lasting one. Also, only old wimps strum a guitar... use that powerful sawing motion instead that you saw some guy do on TV. Be sure the pick scratches the upper portion of the guitar or you're not doing it right. When you're done destroying the guitar you can't afford, move on to the next one. Anthing I've forgotten?

Always pay full list price. Don't lower yourself by dickering.