The good:
Well, I had a bad experience the other day which made me pretty sad.
My dad came down three weeks ago to visit me for graduation and the holidays. My dad has horrible skin, so I decided that I'd introduce him to DE shaving. I pulled together my best equipment and put it in a tupaware container for him to try for three weeks.
He LOVED it. After a week he was smiling every morning when I saw him. By the end of the third week he was telling his wife "You know, Brandon really convinced me. This is the way to go. It saves money [compared to cartridge blah blah] and it feels great. "
I tried offering him my DE89, a badger, and a few soaps; of course, he declined (he has too much money to let his poor starving son give him a gift to ship back up to Alaska ).
The bad:
On the last day he was here I made the horrible decision to walk him into an Art of Shaving store. I warned him before that everything was overpriced, but that I wanted him to see different DE and brush styles / prices.
As always, there was a hipster looking 20 year old working the sales floor. I promptly ignored him and went on to show my dad a couple razors and gave him some prices online that he could find them at. I also picked up a $260 brush to show him why I prefer boar brushes. This is where EVERYTHING went wrong.
The ugly:
Given that the sales associate was hovering right behind us, he made a comment that made me a little angry. "The reason we don't sell badgers at our (insert snide voice here) store is because they cause irritation on the skin. If you are going to buy a brush, you should by the [260 dollar] brush. [blah blah quality blah blah]."
Of course I was polite and made a quick remark that I didn't notice the difference. My dad was a little uncomfortable at the price of the "good" stuff.
The unbelievable:
Trying to get my dad out of the store before more damage was caused, I said goodbye and then the associate stopped us and gave my dad a sample. He then said something that would damage wet shaving for my dad forever.
Literally this guy had his nose up in the air when he said this with a huge sneer across his face. I could not believe it.
"Do you know why we are the only shaving store in the U.S. that has a physical location? Because our shaving equipment far surpasses the quality of any other shaving equipment in the world. In fact, anything that you buy elsewhere is complete garbage and will not give you the shave you want. Your son is wrong about quality; we have the best and everyone knows it."
The synopsis:
Of course my dad trusts me more than some salesperson, but my dad was really put out by the guys attitude. He was thinking, "Wow, are all wet shavers that rude? Do I really want to be associated with that type of person?" My dad would have bought something there anyway had the sales associate not been a complete jerk. This was the worst experience I've had there and it really turned me off to having a little fun in a shaving store!
There is still hope for my dad, but not this trip!
Well, I had a bad experience the other day which made me pretty sad.
My dad came down three weeks ago to visit me for graduation and the holidays. My dad has horrible skin, so I decided that I'd introduce him to DE shaving. I pulled together my best equipment and put it in a tupaware container for him to try for three weeks.
He LOVED it. After a week he was smiling every morning when I saw him. By the end of the third week he was telling his wife "You know, Brandon really convinced me. This is the way to go. It saves money [compared to cartridge blah blah] and it feels great. "
I tried offering him my DE89, a badger, and a few soaps; of course, he declined (he has too much money to let his poor starving son give him a gift to ship back up to Alaska ).
The bad:
On the last day he was here I made the horrible decision to walk him into an Art of Shaving store. I warned him before that everything was overpriced, but that I wanted him to see different DE and brush styles / prices.
As always, there was a hipster looking 20 year old working the sales floor. I promptly ignored him and went on to show my dad a couple razors and gave him some prices online that he could find them at. I also picked up a $260 brush to show him why I prefer boar brushes. This is where EVERYTHING went wrong.
The ugly:
Given that the sales associate was hovering right behind us, he made a comment that made me a little angry. "The reason we don't sell badgers at our (insert snide voice here) store is because they cause irritation on the skin. If you are going to buy a brush, you should by the [260 dollar] brush. [blah blah quality blah blah]."
Of course I was polite and made a quick remark that I didn't notice the difference. My dad was a little uncomfortable at the price of the "good" stuff.
The unbelievable:
Trying to get my dad out of the store before more damage was caused, I said goodbye and then the associate stopped us and gave my dad a sample. He then said something that would damage wet shaving for my dad forever.
Literally this guy had his nose up in the air when he said this with a huge sneer across his face. I could not believe it.
"Do you know why we are the only shaving store in the U.S. that has a physical location? Because our shaving equipment far surpasses the quality of any other shaving equipment in the world. In fact, anything that you buy elsewhere is complete garbage and will not give you the shave you want. Your son is wrong about quality; we have the best and everyone knows it."
The synopsis:
Of course my dad trusts me more than some salesperson, but my dad was really put out by the guys attitude. He was thinking, "Wow, are all wet shavers that rude? Do I really want to be associated with that type of person?" My dad would have bought something there anyway had the sales associate not been a complete jerk. This was the worst experience I've had there and it really turned me off to having a little fun in a shaving store!
There is still hope for my dad, but not this trip!