OK long story short, every one knows the long standing love affair I had with my local B&M. I mean I was posting here for a while before I started buying and I knew that I wasn't going to get the best price buying at my retailer. I knew my selection would certainly be more limited buying from him. But I kept buying because I wanted to support local business, in fact I spent about $4,000 with him last year. It used to be that when I went in a store I would only buy stuff he didn't carry because I felt like I was cheating.
In the last three months this shop has instilled a policy saying you have to buy something to smoke when you come in there and you can only smoke what you buy there. And Sunday the owner let me know that starting in the next week he planned to enforce this policy with me when he had previously told me I was immune.
I don't get it. I go out of my way to buy things there, hell without exception I'd be quite happy to never buy another NC again but I'm trying to support the mans business. But you would think if I walk in a store and take $1000-$1500 worth of product every three months they would slide me a pass and be happy to have me there, maybe even be appreciative of having me there.
I'm not even in there talking to people about my CCs, no one there thats not a stogie member knows what I'm smoking because when asked I simply say Monte, or Partagas and they are too busy asking me if I like the Montecristo Platinum to pursue it any further but he says because people look up to me that I am supporting the myth that Cuban cigars are better. First off if you look up to me, man are your values off. Secondly as long as they come to his store and buy what does he care if they think cubans are better.
I have preached the gospel of his store to people, I've organized events for him, I've basically done every thing I can do to make a business I own no parts of be successful. And he is unhappy that every time I come through the door I don't buy a $10 cigar?
Am I overreacting? I don't begrudge the man a chance to make a buck, but jeez does he have to squeeze every dollar and turn it into 108 pennies?
In the last three months this shop has instilled a policy saying you have to buy something to smoke when you come in there and you can only smoke what you buy there. And Sunday the owner let me know that starting in the next week he planned to enforce this policy with me when he had previously told me I was immune.
I don't get it. I go out of my way to buy things there, hell without exception I'd be quite happy to never buy another NC again but I'm trying to support the mans business. But you would think if I walk in a store and take $1000-$1500 worth of product every three months they would slide me a pass and be happy to have me there, maybe even be appreciative of having me there.
I'm not even in there talking to people about my CCs, no one there thats not a stogie member knows what I'm smoking because when asked I simply say Monte, or Partagas and they are too busy asking me if I like the Montecristo Platinum to pursue it any further but he says because people look up to me that I am supporting the myth that Cuban cigars are better. First off if you look up to me, man are your values off. Secondly as long as they come to his store and buy what does he care if they think cubans are better.
I have preached the gospel of his store to people, I've organized events for him, I've basically done every thing I can do to make a business I own no parts of be successful. And he is unhappy that every time I come through the door I don't buy a $10 cigar?
Am I overreacting? I don't begrudge the man a chance to make a buck, but jeez does he have to squeeze every dollar and turn it into 108 pennies?
but to me thats my cover charge.