Comments on: Don’t Believe A Word I Say with Bob Segarini: The Weekend Roundup

By: John O'Mara

John O'Mara — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:17:46 +0000

I have friends who used to live in the Bay Area. During my visits there, I spent countless hours in Amoeba (mostly in Berkeley) and Rasputin Records in Berkeley and downtown San Francisco. And the now-defunct Virgin Megastore…not as cool as Amoeba or Rasputin but the selection was huge. These days I get my fix at BJ’s Records in Barrie. Those guys know their music. Ask them about, say, the Treniers, and you’ll get a five-minute answer.

By: Keith (Keef) Fraser

Keith (Keef) Fraser — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:27:43 +0000

Poor service is everywhere and not to single out just Best Buy and The Future Shop, but I had a little experience with both of them before Christmas.

We wanted to buy our son a 32 inch thin flat screen TV. I bounced around the internet to get a better understanding of what I might want before I set out. My first stop was The Future Shop. It was a Thursday morning and the store wasn’t busy. It still took awhile to flag down someone to help me. I explain my intentions and even took him to the set I wanted to purchase. I asked him to please tell me something about the features. His response was; “yup it’s a good set”. I knew that was the TV I wanted so I didn’t want to waste anymore of his nap time so I told him I’ll take it. He then told me they’re out of stock till Monday and said see then then and walked away.

I have done sales in the past and if a customer came to me and told me, I’m hear to buy TODAY, and didn’t have the product in stock I would have tried to do something to up sell or discount another product to make the sale. But not there.

Next stop Best Buy. Same piss poor service as The Future Shop but his time they had the TV I wanted. After making my purchase, and a 4 year warranty, the clerk (I can’t bring myself to call him a salesmen) smiled and said; “be sure and show them the receipt when you leave the store.” When who takes what to where and show whom at the front door? I just spent a grand and I have to take this big thing to my car?

Maybe I’m just a through back to the Juraasid, Mesozoic or Segarini ages but it just didn’t seem too customer friendly a shopping trip.

Keef ( I’m over that now but I can’t believe Brad and Angelina are splitting up. They always seemed so happy in their press releases. My main concern is that Brad will not find someone whose name is compatible with “Brad”.)

By: Jim Chisholm

Jim Chisholm — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:44:16 +0000

Bob.

You are so on point about about the tragic state of modern media content.

Yesterday I was out to get some ink for my printer and was reminded of the recent failure and closing(Xmas Eve) of the local branch of CD Plus. In a mall that was full of empty shops a couple of years ago, now that CD store space appears to be the only empty one.

Thank God that 24 is back in buisness. I am catching up on the first 4 episodes of Season 8 and it is so gripping compared to nearly everything else on TV.

Keep up the good work