Remembering The Retail Shops I Used To Work For

in the early 70's as i am going back to the good old days of hi-fi retail i thought about putting this thread, some of you might haved worked or bought items from such, it will be interesting to know:
1st shop of work: 1973,OLYMPIC ELECTRONICS, nottin hill,
2nd: THE CENTRE OF SOUND, notting hill,
3rd NANDOS RADIO , edgware road,
4trh: nu-sound, edgware rd.
hi-fi confidential buckinham palace rd,
sound sense, edgware rd,
owned STUDIO ONE, in hammersmith, those are but just a few,
nando.

 

p.s. i forgot , MUSICAL IMAGES, COVENT GARDEN,
NANDO.

 

I remember Musical Images I bought my Epos Es14s from there a long way back in time.

 

how long ago?
nando

 

I haven't really got much retail experience as prior to my business most my jobs were in web development however:-

1999 -Worked in a computer repair shop for a few days 'cash in hand' as a 17 year old. I got £60 a day when my mates were lucky to get £20, but it only lasted a week it got no customers.

2006-2007 - When my business was in its infancy I took a part time job in Currys in the Trafford Centre. I got asked a question:-

"What would you sell with an MP3 player" I answered a pair of Senhieser PX100s, we was very impressed with the answer and despite his concerns of lack of experience gave me the job . I left a few months later as I was coming out with £35 a day while loosing a £30 45 minute job so it just made no sense.

I remember a few catch phases:-

1) We sell them but they are £25.00 here, Maplin do do them for £2.99.

Customer: Where is that:

Me: Gives detailed directions to about 10 different maplin stores.

I used always chat up the pensioners (the old men) and talked about the good old days, I would chat about the merits of chain drive engines.

This had a very strange effect, two days later these 80 year olds would come in asking for Ian as they wanted to buy a flat screen tv. My manager desperatly wanted to keep me because although I was 'the worst sales man' he has ever seen, I was very good at getting the customers to really love the shop and they would always come in asking for me, because I only worked one day a week the other sales team got chatted to them and sold them that 42" plasma TV

To be fair though I rarely tet customers walk with an Ipod unless they spent at least £40 on a pair of headphones .

I was very good at selling things I was passionate about, I was crap at selling in my humble opinion (for the laywers reading) expensive warranties.

 

many moons ago working in a large department store the sales training was interesting to say the least,if a customer bought a kettle you tried to sell them a tea pot,tea milk, and any other related goods,however i was soon dismissed for following this training when an embarrassed young gentleman was searching for tampons for his girlfriend,remembering the training i led him into the gardening section and started the sales pitch on an expensive lawn mower,the young chap rather confused asked what the hell do i need a lawn mower for, i only came in for tampons? well sir i replied your weekends f****d so you might as well cut the grass

 

I also bought from them in the late 90s.
Was quite into Cyrus at the time and bough about 10 assorted cyrus boxes over a couple of years.
Also bought a Gyrodec with SME arm from them.

 

in the 70's people did not worry nor cared about price, more of personal service , t/t yes sme arm, yes shure v15, yes, fitted ? yes oops it is lunch time facy a pint ? and then while i have a fag or two i will fit all up for you o.kk.? super i like to see you doing that so i can learn, no props. as for tampons tell me how do you recicled them ? i know how
nando.