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Offline magtataho7

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #275 on: November 17, 2010, 04:28:42 PM »
repeat posting?  :lol:


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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #276 on: November 18, 2010, 01:17:35 AM »
hihingin number mo for update kung in-stock na yung item, tapos hindi ka naman iuupdate kahit meron na yung item dun sa branch... at parang hindi pa trained yung staff or kabisado yung items na meron sila, buong araw naman sila nakatambay sa store. plus, yung iba hindi ka ieentertain kung yung ichura mo mukhang walang pera.. tsk tsk..
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #277 on: November 18, 2010, 06:40:36 AM »
what's really frustrating is....

ang mamahal ng mga gears, it increases your GAS attack, drool attack na rin and i there is always one store that exclusively distribute this and that brand of gears.

hindi ba pwede na bawat music store eh magcarry ng same brands para naman may totoong competition when it comes to pricing? parang SM vs Robinsons lang hehehe  :-)

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #278 on: November 18, 2010, 07:11:36 AM »
ako naman last week dapat bibili ako ng cables sa perfect pitch.
siguro mga 5 mins na akong nakatayp dun sa may cables section
ung dude na supposedly magaassist nakikipag usap lang sa cellphone

nakatingin na nga ako sakanya..wala parin

tapos ung lady sa counter nakatingin lang sakin walang nagaassist >_<

i stormed out of there and decided to save up for lava cables nalang
Personally, mas prefer ko yung hindi ako pinapansin ng mga staff kapag tumitingin tingin lang ng items.

But if i've asked for assistance pero di ka pa rin ako pinansin, ibang usapan na yun.

Offline xelalien

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #279 on: December 22, 2011, 11:33:27 AM »
kadalasan out of stock yung hinahanap ko, lolz.
weird experience kahapon: went to a music store and asked politely to test a certain pedal, tapos pinipilit akong bilhin yung pedal ora mismo. wtf.


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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #280 on: December 22, 2011, 01:25:23 PM »
High prices limited choices :-D

the law of supply and demand at work,

pero we must consider that these companies are paying for duties and customs, lagays, palakads and all that (may cost lahat yun) just to get em stuff in here thats why minsan umaabot ng 84% ang mark up especially in these trying times


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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #281 on: December 22, 2011, 02:52:05 PM »
Daming zombie threads ah. Anyway, here's something I personally experienced from one of the attendants of a certain music store.

I was checking out a couple of amps and the attendant walks up to me with a trolling look on his face, "Opo, sir?" he asked, as if he wanted me out if I wasn't buying anything since I was in shorts and a really worn shirt. Mukha akong tambay basically. Since I was asking for prices anyway, "Boss, pwede ba patingin ng mga 2x12 ninyo?" "Wala po kami niyan sir." "Eh mga 1x12 tube amps ninyo?" "Wala kami niyan." *I point at the 1x12 tube amp in front of me*

:facepalm:

On a lighter note, there's this one Audiophile store that was really attentive. It was at one of those Robinson's shopping centers pero hindi full mall. Forgot where exactly (just moved here) and ayun. I was price checking the AC-30s and the guy there (middle-aged guy, might be manager or something) was asking me what kind of AC-30 I NEEDED. Okay, that's a first. He then went on to show me different AC-30 stocks they had (the ones with different color panels on the top) saying "Okay, this has a different speaker set and if you notice the blah blah blah, it's lightyears ahead of the stock AC-30s we have here. Lightyears, pare. If you could go the extra mile, I highly suggest this. Baka gusto mo muna subukan?"

I would've pero I had to leave right away for a family thing. Haven't had precise service like that tho. I like that. I wish I'd see more of that in stores.
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #282 on: December 22, 2011, 02:58:53 PM »
Nag Chri-Christmas sale or whatever sale, sasabihin 70 percent off or 50 percent pero yung price na yun, mas mataas pa din sa online price. For example: Online price is 5000 and pag dating dito 11000 na, tapos pag nag sale magiging 9000 na lang or 8K. IDK if it's just me or napapansin niyo din yun. hehe That's why I prefer buying online na lang.
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #283 on: December 22, 2011, 03:18:56 PM »
OO tama ka ganyan nga sila. sale sasabihin pero actually hindi. may mark-up parin sila na mataas kaya ganun
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #284 on: December 23, 2011, 02:53:46 AM »
mahal bumili ng brandnew sa stores, hehe.. i saw the jbmusic ad,  a nova delay for 25k.. 20k naka sale, hahaha,

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #285 on: December 23, 2011, 06:26:29 AM »
about 3 days ago nasa JB ako sa park square, nakita ko yung mga MESA, sabi ko "sir pwede pasubok ng MESA?" sagot nung employee... "sir ano kase e, ano e, inaano kase namin yan sir, ano e..."   :)
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #286 on: December 23, 2011, 06:28:42 AM »
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #287 on: December 23, 2011, 03:05:15 PM »
1. Minsan yung mga noob na employees ang nagtetesting para sa mga bumibili. Like the ones I saw on a music store. Sobrang badtrip sarap sampalin ng tsinelas nung employee na nagtetest. Tinodo ba naman yung volume 200w amp with distortion na may nakaconnect na nakatodo ding electric guitar? Tapos palm muting ng palm muting kala mo naman ang sarap sa tenga! Kabadtrip eh! My point here is kumuha sila ng employee na marunong at alam nila yung ginagawa nila. Nakakabwiset tong mga ganitong encounter! Kumukuha kayo ng mga poser na empleyado na wala namang alam sa salestalk at customer service.

2. Napakaoverpriced ng mga items. Kahit lumang luma na yung item binebenta parin for a brand new price.

3. Confusing promos and ads.

4. Disorganized music store. Nakakalat lang yung ibang mga items.

5. And most of all. Halos lahat ng music store. They only focus on sales!

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #288 on: December 24, 2011, 11:46:02 PM »
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #289 on: December 25, 2011, 02:46:17 AM »
Walang stock at mabagal magstock...they know who they are  :wave:
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #290 on: December 25, 2011, 02:56:55 AM »
This thread shows the reason why Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, KPop etc. are prevailing in this country.

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #291 on: December 25, 2011, 10:59:17 PM »
for me, the inability of these music stores to have a reliable staff with at least an above average luthier skills.the kind the you can't count on when you're on the fly.

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #292 on: December 26, 2011, 01:10:17 AM »
5. And most of all. Halos lahat ng music store. They only focus on sales!

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #293 on: December 26, 2011, 02:03:52 AM »
kelangan ng improvement sa sales dept. walang knowledge and experience sa mga products na binebenta. i recently had a bad experience in a new music store in cubao... itago na lang natin sa initials na JB!    :-D

i hate it when they "Sell" it and know nothing about it.... they make you wait... for hours... then giving you the wrong information... and making stupid mistakes regarding product model and prices and are not even familiar with their promos.
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #294 on: December 26, 2011, 02:21:09 AM »
Pag walang stock ang isang store ayaw nila irecomend yung ibang branch nila or ihanap ka sa iba sa halip kukunin nila yung number mo at pag dating pa ng item mo malalaman kung meron o wala(why? kasi paunahan silang maka kota para sila yung may bonus) ang solusyon ko tawagan nalang muna lahat(landline) before ako magpunta sa kanila at bumili
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #295 on: December 26, 2011, 03:19:04 AM »
encountered that! kainis diba.

alangan naman sabihin nila na 2nd hand. anu ba dapat ang tawag sa ganun? =P
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #296 on: December 26, 2011, 09:50:47 AM »
Bumili ako sa supplier ng Freekish Blues (mga alagad ni J. Wong) dito sa Pinas tas yung attendant dun sa store nilagay niya yung gitara sa output ng pedal. Lol. :))))
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #297 on: December 26, 2011, 12:29:21 PM »
1. Minsan yung mga noob na employees ang nagtetesting para sa mga bumibili. Like the ones I saw on a music store. Sobrang badtrip sarap sampalin ng tsinelas nung employee na nagtetest. Tinodo ba naman yung volume 200w amp with distortion na may nakaconnect na nakatodo ding electric guitar? Tapos palm muting ng palm muting kala mo naman ang sarap sa tenga! Kabadtrip eh! My point here is kumuha sila ng employee na marunong at alam nila yung ginagawa nila. Nakakabwiset tong mga ganitong encounter! Kumukuha kayo ng mga poser na empleyado na wala namang alam sa salestalk at customer service.

2. Napakaoverpriced ng mga items. Kahit lumang luma na yung item binebenta parin for a brand new price.

3. Confusing promos and ads.

4. Disorganized music store. Nakakalat lang yung ibang mga items.

5. And most of all. Halos lahat ng music store. They only focus on sales!

yung number 1 bro pasok sa banga mga show off kala mo ang gagaling. :razz:

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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #298 on: May 21, 2015, 11:44:47 AM »
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Re: What are your frustrations regarding music stores in the Philippines?
« Reply #299 on: May 21, 2015, 12:30:25 PM »
mukhang yung "mahal yan ser/mam" spiel ay hindi naman natatangi sa isang music store chain.
part ba ng training yan?
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