My friends diary of a guitar shop! Very funny!

Antique_Guitars

Hello All,

My friends run a guitar shop and they have been writing a diary over the last few days about what happens in the shop, it is very funny and also quite odd the kinda things that happen on a day to day basis!

See the Diary entry posts!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hurley-Guitars/393042814107381

JookyChap

Excellent

mike_l

Excellent.

At least it's not just me with dumbass customers.

thatbliss

Good idea, shame it's been written by someone who failed GCSE English. Death by ellipses.

underdog

I've often been tempted to do the same thing, I own a tattoo shop and we'll let's just say you meet some characters, but for fear of offending customers the staff voted against it ha.

RocknRollDave

thatbliss said:

Good idea, shame it's been written by someone who failed GCSE English. Death by ellipses.

What a miserable post.


I enjoyed the diary, will be following it as it goes on.

Bogwhoppit

thatbliss said:

Good idea, shame it's been written by someone who failed GCSE English. Death by ellipses.

You'll be forever checking you have correctly joined two independent clauses in your forum prose from now on. Unless you're considering poetic writing

Rockhopper

Great Laugh!

Reminds me of when I was in a guitar shop (I was there doing demos etc.) and the conversation was:

Lady: I am looking for a guitar for my son as he wants to learn how to play.

Owner: Ok, do you know what style of music or guitar he is interested in?

Lady: I don't know really. I know the guitar make begins with a 'K' though.

Owner: 'K' unfortunately we don't stock any guitars from a manufacturer beginning with 'K'

Me (butting in): Kramer? Perhaps?

Lady: No definitely not Kramer.

Owner: Well the best bet is bring you son in to have a look around and try some guitars out. We have beginner Electric packages upwards, also Classical & Acoustic Guitars..

Lady (Butting in): That's it, that's the one 'A Koostic' Guitar

Although difficult not to laugh we explained everything to her about 'Acoustic' guitars and made a sale and to date said recipient is still playing. (shop is long gone)

Always makes me smile that one. Probably had to be there.

Pyroman

  Wow, to be called a liar by some tit who wasted my time showing him my stock when he had NO intention of buying from me...  That would drive me to drink.  Jezzus, dickface- at least have some respect for the guy who helped you out and allowed you to play his guitar(s).

  There's a very good reason I don't work in retail.

koneguitarist

I had some strange customers in my shop years ago, one wanted to part ex his picks for newer ones.

Apparently his old ones were getting too rounded.  

X_X

Rocker

I simply don't 'get' the diary thing at all..... Sorry guys.

thecolourbox

I think I might write one about my job too, I'm sure it would win lots of new customers if I bitched about other people on our company website! Not sure id visit this one if it were local for fear of ending up as a lower case Facebook lolz-fest...

ESBlonde

Many years ago (probably about 1980) a lady came in to a local music shop to get some guitar strings for her son, she insisted the brand were called Ernie Bishop. (for those to young to know Ernie Bishop was a character in a soap opera called coronation street, it might even still be going).

Guitar_Slinger

^ ^ lol ^ ^

Using the same logic, I have a Gibson Les Dennis.

ThePrettyDamned

The law prevents me talking in any real depth about my job.

Still I think guitar shops need to connect. Andertons have done it with YouTube and have grown from strength to strength. Anything that tells people there are real people who play or love music working in these shops is a good thing that will help keep them afloat.

It'll be nice if he starts talking about all the times he's given out incorrect advice or guitar specs...:p

samzadgan

i really like it…its good to see the other side. As a shopper i always have the stories about bad service or bad advice…but i'm sure its a two way street!

Cacofonix

I had a chap come into the office one day to ask if we could protect his idea before the idea got out. 

"Is it a process, or a thing you've created, or is it more of a visual idea (patent, or trade mark)?"

Apparently he couldn't tell me because it was too secret.

Still don't know what it was.

TheOtherDennis

Guitar_Slinger said:

^ ^ lol ^ ^

Using the same logic, I have a Gibson Les Dennis.

I think you'll find that I have the only one of those ;-)

p90fool

ThePrettyDamned said:

The law prevents me talking in any real depth about my job.

Why, are you still signing on?

Paul_C

http://clientsfromhell.net/

ESBlonde

Guitar_Slinger said:

^ ^ lol ^ ^

Using the same logic, I have a Gibson Les Dennis.

Does it respond when you say "Chase me".



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