i just don't like the way attendants from some music stores treat female customers like me who inquire about their items. they tend to talk down on me as if i didn't know what i was talking about or what i was looking for. 
also, there's this one store that i really disliked the service kasi when i entered the store, wala man lang nagapproach sa akin to assist me. and nung meron ngang lumapit finally to answer my questions, parang naistorbo ko pa siya sa ginagawa niya kaya medyo masungit siya sa akin or pinresyuhan ako agad.
but on the flipside, im particularly happy with attendants from Perfect Pitch Park Square, Yupangco main office, The Music Source, Hi-Fi Lounge, Audiophile MOA and MCS, and JB Harrison Plaza.
happens not just to women but men too. this is a fault of the people that they hire, you find em everywhere around the world.
the guitar/ music complex is a fine, idealistic idea but like bryan said, there is this thing called economics and unless you can justify to someone that there is a feasible financial return for an investment to put up a place that will make luthiery, performing arts and craftsmanship available to all, you will be hardpressed to make it a reality. if the economic model for existing places like lazer and similar shops are not as promising (given the runaround of employees, stock profits and such), as an investor, i'd need way more assurance than catering to the country's love for music to put my investment through......financial return is key and if the data models don't look promising and supportive, it'd be a tough sell.
seems to me that stores could, at the very least, stop hiring people who don't know squat to improve the retention of customers and beef up their marketing strategy instead of trying to gouge prices on instruments that shouldn't even be marked up as high as the reports indicate. i remember walking into a perfect pitch back in the day and seeing a strat with rusty @ss strings...way to go on the marketing and promotion imagery.....
