Re: I gotta get into retail...

[Julian <julian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:05:17 GMT, "Robert L Bass"
<RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ouNzi.91073$rX4.88424@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Robert L Bass wrote:
>>
>>> The guy went down to the Stereo Shop
>>> (actual name) on Farmington Ave with
>>> these ruined speakers, asking for a refund.
>>> Instead they sold him a pair of new speaker
>>> cables the size of garden hoses.  The next
>>> day I came in to finish the alarm installation
>>> and the guy was sitting there listening to
>>> his crappy sounding, beat up speakers with
>>> $800 cables connected to them.  He asked
>>> if I didn't think the speakers sounded more
>>> "open".  Phlbbbt!
>>
>> A trait they no doubt picked up from his wallet.
>
>The thing is this guy was actually a bit of a crook
>himself.  He ran a chain of rent-to-own furniture
>stores that charge usurious interest rates in the
>form of "lease - purchase" agreements.  His stuff
>was crap, too.  He had a decent audio system --
>Macintosh amp and such.  He really got taken
>for a ride on those speakers and the cables
>though.  You'd think a guy like that would spot
>a con job a mile off.  He'd be doubly ticked if
>he listened to my system.  I have Martin-Logan
>speakers which I bought new and they're
>fabulous.


Braggert.


Julian