Encore Records

Man it kills me to write this but the employees and patrons should probably know. A month or so ago, I was browsing the New Releases. I am fully aware of what time they close, and I had 15 minutes. The employee walks up to me and literally says, “soooo, what are ya doing?” I said, “umm, looking at records that I plan on potentially purchasing, don’t you have another 15 minutes until close?” His response, hold your seats: “yeahhhh I was just gonna try to get out of here early.” Welcome to the workforce dude! A couple days ago I had a similar experience. I had 3 records, the guy comes and puts them on the shelf (dude, I’ll bring them up if I want that, thanks). No problem. But eventually I get up there with a $10 record, and mention I’m tight on cash so was going to have to wait until next time to grab said records he took up to the counter. MIND YOU - I spend probably a couple hundred dollars a month there. Is it paying to keep their lights on? No. Am I a loyal customer who spends money with them before any other record store? Yes. Anyway, he says in response, “*sigh* I’ll restock these I guess, maybe just think about that next time.” Haha. I didn’t say anything. But wanted to say, and here’s me saying it - YOU “WORK” AT A RECORD STORE (with all due respect). I might be wrong but the work load is, um, minimal? So hey guys, maybe match your store in being groovy. Stop being pretentious and weird. The owner is the only cool one. They’ll also bleed you if you sell them records. I understand this but will NEVER get fleeced like that again. Sold them 2 records worth over $200, totaling about 35-40 records, and got $180 back. LOL. I’ll blame myself for that one, they’re just ‘doing business’. Great store, rare finds, but maybe be kind gentlemen. See you next time!