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[auctionboy]

It sounds like a lot of people want to get the royal treatment just because they abuying something. I think you have to work at a place like one of these high volume stores to understand exactly what it is like when there are hundreds of customers and somebody wants you to do every little thing for them. It just doesn't work. Texas bred- going to the bar to find a friend was in responce to someone that said they liked to go flirt with the owner. I find if quality is the same the place with experienced people working there getting paid more charges more for there products, I would rather pay less and look things up on line and read books for that info. Somn- If you ask where something is that is fine, but to exspect to be waited on hand and foot just because you are buying something is not very humble, and I have religous problems with it too. Backhoeboogie- How can you remember that when I had forgotten. I will call no man sir! You people that say I should attack your customs (JT) sure enjoy passing judgement on ours! Jt- I have learned what to feed from books the internet and would not leave it up to the person selling the product to me to decide how much to buy. Your mechanic example is wrong because lots of people have cars but if you want animals you should sure know how to take care of them! This all being said i don't want to pay extra for customer service, I can bring it up to the counter and read packages. I remember going to one of these places and telling the person at the counter I had some very early weaned pigs and needed some very good feed high in protein and fat, They said XXXX would be perfect. I get home and I have feed designed to be feed to a milking sow and was very lacking. It was also very over priced, I don't need to pay people to make decisions I would be more comfortable making myself.

 

[Wewild]

It sounds like a lot of people want to get the royal treatment just because they abuying something. I think you have to work at a place like one of these high volume stores to understand exactly what it is like when there are hundreds of customers and somebody wants you to do every little thing for them. It just doesn't work. Texas bred- going to the bar to find a friend was in responce to someone that said they liked to go flirt with the owner. I find if quality is the same the place with experienced people working there getting paid more charges more for there products, I would rather pay less and look things up on line and read books for that info. Somn- If you ask where something is that is fine, but to exspect to be waited on hand and foot just because you are buying something is not very humble, and I have religous problems with it too. Backhoeboogie- How can you remember that when I had forgotten. I will call no man sir! You people that say I should attack your customs (JT) sure enjoy passing judgement on ours! Jt- I have learned what to feed from books the internet and would not leave it up to the person selling the product to me to decide how much to buy. Your mechanic example is wrong because lots of people have cars but if you want animals you should sure know how to take care of them! This all being said i don't want to pay extra for customer service, I can bring it up to the counter and read packages. I remember going to one of these places and telling the person at the counter I had some very early weaned pigs and needed some very good feed high in protein and fat, They said XXXX would be perfect. I get home and I have feed designed to be feed to a milking sow and was very lacking. It was also very over priced, I don't need to pay people to make decisions I would be more comfortable making myself.

Good for you but I don't have time to be "Jack of all trades, master of none".

 

[Caustic Burno]

:shock:

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Reading some of this makes me realy proud the folks at TSC has got some peoples business. That way when i go to the feed store i don,t have to wait in line behind them.

 

[Calman]

I will say one thing in your favor auctionboy. You certainly have a lot of room to expand in the learning and experience department.

Cal

 

[auctionboy]

I will say one thing in your favor auctionboy. You certainly have a lot of room to expand in the learning and experience department.

Cal

That is a very self righteous thing to say. Those are my views, not the same as yours so you act as if they are wrong.

 

[auctionboy]

Reading some of this makes me realy proud the folks at TSC has got some peoples business. That way when i go to the feed store i don,t have to wait in line behind them.

You will when your local guy close down.

 

[Wewild]

That is a very self righteous thing to say. Those are my views, not the same as yours so you act as if they are wrong.

I'd say that when you hit your time and realize you ain't immortal, your outlook will change. I comes between 30 and 50 and varies between folks. Most have lost folks close to them and for the first time by this time and life becomes real to them. They may have even matured by living life and come to it with out external stimulus. On thing about it is it's your life to live and you will go through life altering changes. You may still come out the other side as dogmatic as you are today.

I hope you and yours don't learn the hard way.

No man is a rock that can't be bashed to stones.

 

[Crowderfarms]

Back to the subject... Forget the Carpetbagger.

If your going to part with your hard earned money, why not spend it at a place where you know your patronage is truly appreciated?

There's no words more satisfying than a customer thanking you for being there for them. And yep, our phone has rang plenty of times on Sundays and after hours for help.Does not bother me a bit.Service is a dying thing in this world. Independant operators can give a ray of hope that "service" is what their customer will get. I sometimes wonder how the big dawgs like TSC stay in business with Country folks being their customers, and putting up with stuff like Lammie pointed out hiding from the people that keep them employed.

 

[auctionboy]

Back to the subject... Forget the Carpetbagger.

If your going to part with your hard earned money, why not spend it at a place where you know your patronage is truly appreciated?

There's no words more satisfying than a customer thanking you for being there for them. And yep, our phone has rang plenty of times on Sundays and after hours for help.Does not bother me a bit.Service is a dying thing in this world. Independant operators can give a ray of hope that "service" is what their customer will get. I sometimes wonder how the big dawgs like TSC stay in business with Country folks being their customers, and putting up with stuff like Lammie pointed out hiding from the people that keep them employed.

What would you do if 40 people came in the door at one time and all demanded twenty minutes of your time as they acted incredibly rude. You can't understand what it is like to work at a high volume store where employees have zero rights and every scumbag in the world comes in to treat them like crap. Don't blame the people working at those places.

 

[auctionboy]

That is a very self righteous thing to say. Those are my views, not the same as yours so you act as if they are wrong.

I'd say that when you hit your time and realize you ain't immortal, your outlook will change. I comes between 30 and 50 and varies between folks. Most have lost folks close to them and for the first time by this time and life becomes real to them. They may have even matured by living life and come to it with out external stimulus. On thing about it is it's your life to live and you will go through life altering changes. You may still come out the other side as dogmatic as you are today.

I hope you and yours don't learn the hard way.

No man is a rock that can't be bashed to stones.

dogmatic- a person of rigid beliefs who is not open to rational argument. I agree i should be bashed and beaten for wanting to buy products at a different place then you do. You make no sense. Then you edit your post and I still can't read it. You have a horrible though process. Almost everything you say conflicts with its self. Lead paint or inbreeding you are not smart.

 

[Wewild]

dogmatic- a person of rigid beliefs who is not open to rational argument. I agree i should be bashed and beaten for wanting to buy products at a different place then you do. You make no sense. Then you edit your post and I still can't read it. You have a horrible though process. Almost everything you say conflicts with its self. Lead paint or inbreeding you are not smart.

It will in the end.

Don't fret so much about the truth. No sense in calling me names.

 

[larryshoat]

That is a very self righteous thing to say. Those are my views, not the same as yours so you act as if they are wrong.

I'd say that when you hit your time and realize you ain't immortal, your outlook will change. I comes between 30 and 50 and varies between folks. Most have lost folks close to them and for the first time by this time and life becomes real to them. They may have even matured by living life and come to it with out external stimulus. On thing about it is it's your life to live and you will go through life altering changes. You may still come out the other side as dogmatic as you are today.

I hope you and yours don't learn the hard way.

No man is a rock that can't be bashed to stones.

Great post Wewild I hope it sinks in .

Larry

 

[Calman]

I'ts pretty easy to tell when one speaks and is not old enough to have any experience or knowledge of what they are talking about.Graduating from the school of hard knocks, I think is going to take a long time for this youngin. If he makes it through.

Cal

 

[csutton]

Back to the subject... Forget the Carpetbagger.

If your going to part with your hard earned money, why not spend it at a place where you know your patronage is truly appreciated?

There's no words more satisfying than a customer thanking you for being there for them. And yep, our phone has rang plenty of times on Sundays and after hours for help.Does not bother me a bit.Service is a dying thing in this world. Independant operators can give a ray of hope that "service" is what their customer will get. I sometimes wonder how the big dawgs like TSC stay in business with Country folks being their customers, and putting up with stuff like Lammie pointed out hiding from the people that keep them employed.

What would you do if 40 people came in the door at one time and all demanded twenty minutes of your time as they acted incredibly rude. You can't understand what it is like to work at a high volume store where employees have zero rights and every scumbag in the world comes in to treat them like crap. Don't blame the people working at those places.

For one thing, if there were 40 people in line at Crowder's store, they would understand that he is busy and they would wait their turn or come back another time. Those same 40 people would not be rude because they understand the fact that they are just as important as the person in front of them in line. Its a little something that I like to call respect. I respect any of the employees at the big stores, because I know they are trying to make a living, just like I am, but when they open there mouth and lack of knowledge escapes, then I usually take my business elsewhere. Sorry if this was off topic, but it urked me a lil.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Its a country thang, he'll never understand it.

 

[J. T.]

Well, auctionboy, I guess I'm not as bullet proof as you are. But I don't mind asking for advice from an expert. I know how to take care of my animals but I still use a vet because I figure he probably is a little more up to date than I am on animal health. I don't recall attacking any of your customs, but I reckon you answered my question: you are a know it all and I don't like know it alls and know no one that does. Oh yeah, you say "sir" to nobody? You must be awfully proud and you do know that pride goes before a fall. Of course you do. You know it all.

 

[I luv herfrds]

Let me tell all of you a little story. It concerns a TSC store in Billings, Montana. Now this store used to be just across the road from my grandparents house. The only complaint from them was the guys with trailers who parked under their trees and broke branches, other then that no problems. My grandpa being an old farm boy loved going over there just about every day to visit with both employees and customers.
Not long after he got dianoised with Alzheimer's He would still go over to visit, but couldn't remember alot of things. Now these employees would talk with him and would walk him back home to make sure he made it across the road.We couldn't ask for a better bunch of people then those who worked there. I know I will never forget them.

Now we have a similar store near us. Now this store has gotten a reputation of "Not giving" when asked for a donation to help out at a fundraiser. A very strongly worded message changed the owners opinion. They are now more giving, especially since the benefit in question was to help a ranching family. Word was getting out fast.

You can get both good and bad service from the big guys and the small guys.

Our local feed store owner is well known for making promises and then not remembering them.

 

[auctionboy]

Well, auctionboy, I guess I'm not as bullet proof as you are. But I don't mind asking for advice from an expert. I know how to take care of my animals but I still use a vet because I figure he probably is a little more up to date than I am on animal health. I don't recall attacking any of your customs, but I reckon you answered my question: you are a know it all and I don't like know it alls and know no one that does. Oh yeah, you say "sir" to nobody? You must be awfully proud and you do know that pride goes before a fall. Of course you do. You know it all.

Not saying sir is the local custom here that you attacked. It's not about pride. I will not go to a store and pay double for the grain I want just so the guy who is ripping me off can shake my hand, because that is the economics I am dealing with today.

 

[Victoria]

When I was a kid our local feed store was just that. It was an older building, the people were friendly and they knew what animals were. You could ask what was the best product for doing such and such and they would know. They were experts in their field. There was a cup of coffee and a donut waiting too (if you were brave enough for either). The owner used to give me suckers - grape ones because I liked them.
When that man died the one who took over knew his customers and treated us well. Then he sold the old place and became a chain store. We still supported him - still had nice people working there and we were pretty happy for him. He was selling to the yuppie acreage people as well and making more money. Then he sold out.
The store is pitiful now. They've got all the cow stuff in one corner which is nice because you don't have to wade through their acreage gear to get a bag of colostrum when needed but it's now crazy. You don't have to wait because people are talking about new calves, you have to wait because the employees are incompetent. I tried to buy a tattoo lettter and had the employee who was ringing me through the till tell me that something fell out of my purse. I explained that something was what he was selling me. He had no idea what it was. It took me 20 minutes to get mineral blocks today because they didn't know the difference between a salt block and a selenium trace mineral block. Sent me out to get loaded with a bill for the wrong thing. So I went back in and again tried to explain what the difference is so that she knew for next time. Yes, I was polite, I worked retail and I know it isn't her fault she has never been trained. The one that really got me was the thermometer I bought. Took it out to make sure it worked and couldn't read it. Took it back - unused. The lady spent literally 5 minutes arguing with me that it worked fine. I told her time and again that I could not read it and I didn't care if it worked fine. It didn't work for me if I couldn't read it. She said that she could. I was brought up to be a Christian and a lady and that was the only thing that stopped me from saying what I was thinking. I got my $8.00 back, yippee. Oh, we are still waiting on a tattoo kit we ordered a year ago too. Prices haven't gone down a penny, service has sure dropped though.