[Epic] Re:

From: Brett Hollindale <agro_at_...>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 23:42:47 +0200

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>While I am ranting, at the official stores
>that any of you go to, does the sales force immediately jump on the little
>kids when they come in and start feeding them the line such as "these are
>really cool", "what army do you collect?", "you just buy alittle at a
>time". My kids are 7 and 11 and it is a pain anytime we just want to stop
>in to see what is new, and right away they jump on each of us. May be I
>just do not like high pressure salesmanship, but it just seems a bit much
>to constantly be pounced on every time we enter the store, especially since
>the kids(not just mine) are very easy to sway. They appear to try to get
>them to get into the other lines of miniatures(WH40K, WH, Necro, Blood
>bowl,etc...)


Locally we have decided that the term "corporate paedephilia" most
accurately describes this practice...


Agro :-)




>Unluckily we have no other choice since the two other
>franchised stores no longer carry Epic and the one other store which does
>is a hobby shop which carries a very minimal amount. I apologize for the
>rant but I am curious as to whether the other stores operate like this.
>
>Richard R.Biesik
>Electronics Purchaser
>Leica
>3374 Walden Ave.
>Depew,N.Y.14043
>716-686-4567
>716-686-4540 (fax)
>
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 21:42:47 UTC