Owner of the company was unbelivelably rude, February 20th. I was shopping with my two sons, beginning of Spring, looking for some good deals on baseball equipment. I happen to coach a youth baseball team. While looking at the bat section, another gentlement walked in and was interested in buying some practice baseballs. I politely asked him what he was needing them for, he explained that he too was a b-ball coach in a neigboring city, this was his first year to coach. I gave him the advice of, I would go to ACADEMY SPORTS to buy practice balls, you can pick them up for around 1.00 each vs. The 2.00 Play It again was charging. I told him that over the course of the season the kids will lose the balls or take them home or whatever, either way, I wouldnt spend too much money on practice balls. He nodded and thanked me for the sound advice.
Within a minute of me speaking with this coach, a guy from behind the counter (30 feet away from where we are standing) comes running to me, yelling that I should not tell his customers to go somewhere else for a better price. That I was taking buisness away from him and money out of his pocket. Shocked at this point, i stated, are you kidding me buddy? The guy coaches a little leauge team, so do I, what's wrong with giving him some good advice on how to save a few dollars. The employee again yelled and told me that I should go to the parking lot if I wanted to give advice to his customers. Being that my two young kids were with me, I obviously took the high road and left the store. Please do not ever SHOP at this store, I know Play It Again Sports lost at least one customer for life, and I suspect at least one more would be the other coach I was speaking with. It's obvious that this store owner cares more about his pocket book then trying to help out the community and it's youth.
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