Am I in the wrong business?
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:53 am
I was looking for a turntable..........
So yesterday me and my friend drove a distance to a vintage electronics store which looked intriguing and had good reviews. I get out of my car and am told to wait as only one person is allowed in at a time. This should have been obvious since the front door was plastered with mask and covid propaganda. So after waiting for the customer to leave the shop owner pulled a rag out of his pocket to hold the door open for me, quite politely, then told me to put on those cheap disposable gloves. I should have just turned around and left there. Whatever, I drove an hour I was gonna look around. Literally everything was in bags or was marked do not touch. Ok, so why the gloves? I went over to the turntables he had and was told that the ones turned around were either customer repairs or he hadn't yet restored them which left about 3 to choose from. Not wanting to shell out $800+ I continued to look around....look, since I cant touch. I overheard my friend looking at a rough looking 70s vintage $900 Sony reel-to-reel deck inquiring about having some reels converted to digital. The price he quoted was a $40 setup fee and $25 per reel. I'm not in the used audio business but if I can make $25 to hit play and record then I need to quit my day job.
....I didnt get my turntable.
So yesterday me and my friend drove a distance to a vintage electronics store which looked intriguing and had good reviews. I get out of my car and am told to wait as only one person is allowed in at a time. This should have been obvious since the front door was plastered with mask and covid propaganda. So after waiting for the customer to leave the shop owner pulled a rag out of his pocket to hold the door open for me, quite politely, then told me to put on those cheap disposable gloves. I should have just turned around and left there. Whatever, I drove an hour I was gonna look around. Literally everything was in bags or was marked do not touch. Ok, so why the gloves? I went over to the turntables he had and was told that the ones turned around were either customer repairs or he hadn't yet restored them which left about 3 to choose from. Not wanting to shell out $800+ I continued to look around....look, since I cant touch. I overheard my friend looking at a rough looking 70s vintage $900 Sony reel-to-reel deck inquiring about having some reels converted to digital. The price he quoted was a $40 setup fee and $25 per reel. I'm not in the used audio business but if I can make $25 to hit play and record then I need to quit my day job.
....I didnt get my turntable.