The Bitch Box

OccultHawk · 05-07-2020, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Exo

I honestly forgot I made that journal. I'll update it tomorrow.

OH kind of bummed me out with the Steve Albini. I'll admit that.

I’m gonna go into that one and write proper reviews for the Big Black records and you can take it from there. I’ll lay the foundation and you can build the house.

**Exo** · 05-08-2020, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

I’m gonna go into that one and write proper reviews for the Big Black records and you can take it from there. I’ll lay the foundation and you can build the house.

I still think it's okay to love Albini and also find Big Black to not be his best work.

OccultHawk · 05-08-2020, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

I still think it's okay to love Albini and also find Big Black to not be his best work.

My memory might be playing tricks on me but I felt like you were pretty much disregarding the entire BB discography.

**Exo** · 05-08-2020, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

My memory might be playing tricks on me but I felt like you were pretty much disregarding the entire BB discography.

I basically said that I don't really like industrial music so it was hard to get into both albums but they were certainly good records.

**Exo** · 06-16-2020, 11:15 AM

Today is the first day we're technically allowed to be open according to NJ Phase Two guidelines. Problem is, we're not open yet due to remodeling and just not being ready even though the state apparently is. Well, I've been here a f*cking hour and I already have people testing my f*cking patience. Here's a taste...

1 - Guy came by and wanted me to appraise his Beatles collection for free. He doesn't want to sell them, he just wants me to tell him what everything is worth. I told him we don't do appraisals but I'd be more than happy to outright buy them if that's what he wants. He says to me "Yeah well I don't trust you enough to not rip me off so you're going to have to earn that." Dude, take your sh*tty common ass Beatles records and go somewhere else I don't have time for this.

2 - Three people showing up and not understanding that just because the state allows us to be open, that doesn't mean we're ready to open yet.

3 - The reason I'm even writing this. Guy just called and wanted to order books. I told them we don't do special orders I'm afraid. We're a used store. He says "Well somebody got this gift certificate for me so what is this even good for then?" I told him flat out that we didn't give him the gift certificate so I don't understand how that's our problem. I tell him we don't have a distributor so I can order his books on Amazon and charge him a service fee or he can order them himself and save money. I said we're a used book store and that he can come when we open and use the certificate then. He goes, "well what if I don't want anything in your store?"

Motherf*cker do you understand how sh*t works? No. No you don't. If you get a Wendy's gift certificate, you don't go in asking for a f*cking Whopper. I told him he'll just have to wait until we open and try for himself and he huffed and puffed and said fine.

F*cking people are going to kill me today.

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 11:20 AM

You sell gift certificates?

**Exo** · 06-16-2020, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

You sell gift certificates?

Yeah. People like to get them for nerds so they can come here and get nerd stuff. They're for our store.

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Exo

Yeah. People like to get them for nerds so they can come here and get nerd stuff. They're for our store.

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I told him flat out that we didn't give him the gift certificate so I don't understand how that's our problem.

lol

I don’t blame you for selling them. It’s an incredible fad for businesses. Trade cash you can spend anywhere for cash you can only spend here. It astonishes me that actually works but if you take my line of reasoning to it’s conclusion cash or something you make yourself are the only sensible gifts. Why give me socks? Just give me the 5 bucks and if I need socks that’s what I’ll buy. But I’m socially retarded. Anyway, because gift certificates are incredibly advantageous to you I recommend being nice as **** to anybody who has one because if they word of mouth they were happy with it you can continue on with one of the most incredible rackets out there. 1) they might never be redeemed which is a huge profit mark-up 2) they bring someone new into the store - maybe some rich douche who wastes money buying **** that’s free online 3) maybe they’ll leave money on it even if they buy something with it - selling those things are a ****ing goldmine

**Exo** · 06-16-2020, 12:16 PM

Yeah. We have such a variety of merchandise that it's impossible to get somebody a gift here for the most part. Plus we have such a revolving inventory. Every week is different so people tend to wait for something they like instead of finding something they like just because they're here. Certs work well for that.

As for being nice, well, I try my best, but sometimes I just get asked a f*cking asinine question and I can't contain myself. We have 119 Google reviews for our shop. 111 are five stars, 7 are four stars, and 1 dumbass gave us a two star review because "Seems like a specfic clientele type of place" which is idiot for "I don't like this stuff and I came here by mistake". Like, mofo, do you give a coffee shop two stars because you don't like coffee? Still mad at that.

Still, that's pretty stellar.

OccultHawk · 06-16-2020, 12:31 PM

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Certs

ok boomer

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06-16-2020, 11:15 AM	#24245 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Today is the first day we're technically allowed to be open according to NJ Phase Two guidelines. Problem is, we're not open yet due to remodeling and just not being ready even though the state apparently is. Well, I've been here a fcking hour and I already have people testing my fcking patience. Here's a taste... 1 - Guy came by and wanted me to appraise his Beatles collection for free. He doesn't want to sell them, he just wants me to tell him what everything is worth. I told him we don't do appraisals but I'd be more than happy to outright buy them if that's what he wants. He says to me "Yeah well I don't trust you enough to not rip me off so you're going to have to earn that." Dude, take your shtty common ass Beatles records and go somewhere else I don't have time for this. 2 - Three people showing up and not understanding that just because the state allows us to be open, that doesn't mean we're ready to open yet. 3 - The reason I'm even writing this. Guy just called and wanted to order books. I told them we don't do special orders I'm afraid. We're a used store. He says "Well somebody got this gift certificate for me so what is this even good for then?" I told him flat out that we didn't give him the gift certificate so I don't understand how that's our problem. I tell him we don't have a distributor so I can order his books on Amazon and charge him a service fee or he can order them himself and save money. I said we're a used book store and that he can come when we open and use the certificate then. He goes, "well what if I don't want anything in your store?" Motherfcker do you understand how sht works? No. No you don't. If you get a Wendy's gift certificate, you don't go in asking for a fcking Whopper. I told him he'll just have to wait until we open and try for himself and he huffed and puffed and said fine. Fcking people are going to kill me today. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

06-16-2020, 11:20 AM	#24246 (permalink)
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06-16-2020, 12:16 PM	#24249 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Yeah. We have such a variety of merchandise that it's impossible to get somebody a gift here for the most part. Plus we have such a revolving inventory. Every week is different so people tend to wait for something they like instead of finding something they like just because they're here. Certs work well for that. As for being nice, well, I try my best, but sometimes I just get asked a fcking asinine question and I can't contain myself. We have 119 Google reviews for our shop. 111 are five stars, 7 are four stars, and 1 dumbass gave us a two star review because "Seems like a specfic clientele type of place" which is idiot for "I don't like this stuff and I came here by mistake". Like, mofo, do you give a coffee shop two stars because you don't like coffee? Still mad at that. Still, that's pretty stellar. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*