A bit more proof that GC a employees are idiots

Revmizery · #1 12-18-2008, 08:26 AM

So I have a few little stories to tell. Now I know there are some smart people who know how to help you but the retards make better stories.

First one I just herd from my girlfriend last night. So she got me a 25K EB volume pedal JR for Christmas, but GC made her just want to give up.

Her: I need the 25K "active" EB volume pedal.
GC: ummm.... I have the 250K one.
Her: No I need the 25 cause he uses an active bass.
GC: Why would he need an active pedal for an active bass?...

At this point she told me she just walked out of the store. I would have probably just reached over the counter to smack him.

Other good ones include when ever I go into the store I always ask for strings for my basses which include 2 six strings and an 8 string. I get to watch them become totally perplexed as they try to comprehend that I have something other then a 4string.

Also go to watch one of them almost decimate a SVT-II. The employee was trying to sell this to a kid so he switched the amp on and was about to turn the standby off when I told him that there was no speaker load plugged in. He stated that this would be fine, as he walked away to go get a cable I turned the amp back on standby and jokingly told the kid to run away.

DaveF · #2 12-18-2008, 10:36 PM

Easy there, cowboy. If you worked at a car dealership there would probably be posts on the Toyota website joking about mistakes you made! Give these poor guys a break.

insomniac2295 · #3 12-18-2008, 10:46 PM

i think they deserve it. if you cant handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen

bassninja7 · #4 12-19-2008, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by insomniac2295

i think they deserve it. if you cant handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen

+1

everytime i go in, i seem to know more than they do.

sevenyearsdown · #5 12-19-2008, 05:36 AM

I tried GC once when they opened in my area. It was enough. I went in there to buy a furman rack rider thinking it would cheaper at one of those big places. When I asked for it I gave them the manufacturer, part number, and basically told them - "yeah, it's like a surge strip that mounts in a 19" rack".....I got the blank stare, then the tour of the store looking for one, then the look it up in the computer, then the we can order one.

I'll stick to my locally owned and operated music stores, even they wont sell me 100 sets of ernie balls for $1.

Jools4001 · #6 12-19-2008, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Revmizery

So I have a few little stories to tell. Now I know there are some smart people who know how to help you but the retards make better stories.

First one I just herd from my girlfriend last night. So she got me a 25K EB volume pedal JR for Christmas, but GC made her just want to give up.

Her: I need the 25K "active" EB volume pedal.
GC: ummm.... I have the 250K one.
Her: No I need the 25 cause he uses an active bass.
GC: Why would he need an active pedal for an active bass?...

At this point she told me she just walked out of the store. I would have probably just reached over the counter to smack him.

Other good ones include when ever I go into the store I always ask for strings for my basses which include 2 six strings and an 8 string. I get to watch them become totally perplexed as they try to comprehend that I have something other then a 4string.

Also go to watch one of them almost decimate a SVT-II. The employee was trying to sell this to a kid so he switched the amp on and was about to turn the standby off when I told him that there was no speaker load plugged in. He stated that this would be fine, as he walked away to go get a cable I turned the amp back on standby and jokingly told the kid to run away.

Perhaps it's just that their experience of extended range basses is as limited as your experience of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Step · #7 12-19-2008, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jools4001

Perhaps it's just that their experience of extended range basses is as limited as your experience of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

ZING

Jonyak · #8 12-19-2008, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Jools4001

Perhaps it's just that their experience of extended range basses is as limited as your experience of spelling, punctuation and grammar.

ahh yes the grammar attack. the last resort of someone who has nothing really good to say.

guitfiddle0409 · #9 12-19-2008, 07:04 AM

GC is the McDonald's of the music store industry. The stores are geared towards parents buying their teens their first guitar. They must do good advertising because many parents I know never consider any other stores when they go out and buy an electric for their kid (who can barely play yet).

When hear stuff like that I'm glad my kids only played orchestral instruments and all I ever had to deal with were mom-and-pop type stores.

**cheezewiz** · #10 12-19-2008, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bassninja7

+1

everytime i go in, i seem to know more than they do.

From your location, it would assume you go to the same one I do. You are VERY right.

Ozonbass · #11 12-19-2008, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonyak

ahh yes the grammar attack. the last resort of someone who has nothing really good to say.

Bad grammar leads to anarchy! I'm one of those jerks that even corrects spelling/grammar on signs..."ATM machine inside."...I hate that one.

John_Sketch · #12 12-19-2008, 07:29 AM

Bad grammar aside, GC is the worst period.
They never have what I need but are all too happy to try to upsell me some other turd at double the price of the item I went there for in the first place. It is so bad at the location near me that I only go there if I absolutely need a something that day (rare).

The sales folks are full of attitude. Why pay for lack of service.....

Ok my rant is over....

lindseyp · #13 12-19-2008, 07:37 AM

I find GC quite useful. I get to play what I want to determine if I like it before purchasing from the 'net.

yem · #14 12-19-2008, 08:05 AM

Guitar Center is too chaotic for me but I'm old and grumpy. I do make a run through the store when it's time to take advantage of my cable warranty.

chroma601 · #15 12-19-2008, 08:20 AM

I'm always getting people who seem to have trouble with the register and leave me standing there to go get a manager. What should take a few minutes is usually quite a bit more. Still I keep coming back...

mjolnir · #16 12-19-2008, 08:24 AM

I find my GC experience goes a lot more smoothly if I just avoid the sales people entirely.

guy n. cognito · #17 12-19-2008, 08:35 AM

Hey, it's the weekly GC sucks thread. How creative.....

I bought a set of Pacific drums at my local GC last week. Paid cash, and got one hell of a deal, even over the advertised sales price. The salesman was helpful and knowledgeable, even for a drummer.

Eilif · #18 12-19-2008, 09:58 AM

I think TB makes us raise the bar for our salespeople. Having worked at GC, I can tell you that there are definitely some idiots, but there are also alot of folks who know their stuff. However, there is rarely someone at GC or Sam Ash, or Best Buy or any other chain music store that knows as much about Bass guitar as someone who has hung out on TB for a year or so.

I (and alot of us I suspect) just expect that GC employees are not likely to be able to tell us anything we don't know. The employee may not realize it, but for us, he or she is just a clerk, there to give us what we need, when we specifically request it, to tell us about upcoming sales, and (if you get the very rare, really good, long term salesperson) to keep a look out for specific used gear. Unortunately, it's just not worth the frustration to expect otherwise.

Shy Guy · #19 12-19-2008, 10:24 AM

Meh, GCs around here aren't that bad. When I bought my P a guitard set it up for me as I was checking out, it was a nice setup (though I lowered the action a little more when I got home) and he knew his bass stuff even though he didn't even play. Though agreeably, many times have I got a puzzled look from GC employees when asked a simple question.

Bassman8416 · #20 12-19-2008, 10:37 AM

I will tell you one thing for sure, it has been my experience that being in retail....sucks....big time.... too often customers are pushy and impatient...big time pressure from management, so much that salespersons will act as if they know about a particular product(when they really do not). Product knowledge is the solution to this dilemma. But these GC employees are not paid that well and it ends up being all relative. Its a chain...we have to accept it for what it is. Its up to me as a customer to do the research, whether it be on the internet with an "experienced" knowledgeable person, then make the purchase. The environment at those stores are a major source of stress anyway, I do purchasing on the net or over the phone or visit a smaller shop where people have over 20 years in the field.
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