Wife and I were walking through Tacoma Mall tonight and she says, there's the Art Of Shaving store. I say yup, and we keep walking.
On this forum there are numerous posting asking why there is a lack of retail stores dealing with our passion of traditional wet shaving.
The kind of attitude expressed here is a clear answer to that question.
Here we have a company willing to take the risk of operating a shaving store catering to a niche market, and my personal opinion is that they should receive as much support as we are able to give them, which may encourage others to open shaving stores. As imperfect as they may be, they still deserve our support.
I don't give a rats whether the store is corporate owed or privately owned, whether an employee is completely knowledgeable and enthusiastic or not, and whether the store meets our standards of excellence. If we fail to support them, we are only hurting ourselves by discouraging others from opening stores.
No IMHO or any other soothing platitudes. If we don't support them, they will go away and we will have none. If we support them, others may come into the market.
On this forum there are numerous posting asking why there is a lack of retail stores dealing with our passion of traditional wet shaving.
The kind of attitude expressed here is a clear answer to that question.
Here we have a company willing to take the risk of operating a shaving store catering to a niche market, and my personal opinion is that they should receive as much support as we are able to give them, which may encourage others to open shaving stores. As imperfect as they may be, they still deserve our support.
I don't give a rats whether the store is corporate owed or privately owned, whether an employee is completely knowledgeable and enthusiastic or not, and whether the store meets our standards of excellence. If we fail to support them, we are only hurting ourselves by discouraging others from opening stores.
No IMHO or any other soothing platitudes. If we don't support them, they will go away and we will have none. If we support them, others may come into the market.
Have you ever smelled their sandalwood? I have their cream, two balms, and three of the discontinued soap pucks. You may be doing yourself a disservice. The cream is on par, both price and performance, with Truefitt and Hill.Wife and I were walking through Tacoma Mall tonight and she says, there's the Art Of Shaving store. I say yup, and we keep walking.
I'm not a fan of Sandalwood, but I do admit that their products are excellent and performance is right up there with the 3Ts.Have you ever smelled their sandalwood? I have their cream, two balms, and three of the discontinued soap pucks. You may be doing yourself a disservice. The cream is on par, both price and performance, with Truefitt and Hill.
I'm not sure what their business model is like, whether the salespeople are paid on commission or a straight hourly rate. But whether they work on commission or not, every retail store is judged by corporate based on its numbers, and the way to improve those numbers is to push the most expensive products.While the employees I've talked to know less than I do, I like to try and engage them anyway. The push push push for whatever is more expensive does get annoying, just like at a lot of stores.