DarkStar50

Speaking of phone calls: with everyone getting skates for Christmas, the common phone call now, "If I bring in skates now to be sharpened, how long will it take?" "Well, it takes about 10 minutes. There is no line now but that could change in 5 minutes. You would have to wait for the skates ahead of you." "Really?" "Yes, it's kind of like Dunkin Donuts. If there is a line, you have to get on it." "Oh.", as you hear the sigh and disbelief in their voice that they will have to wait a while to get skates sharpened that they bought at Sports Authority. BTW, over the week-end the wait to sharpen was over an hour.

TO flatheads and washers are gold. The rest of the line has standard copper. :lol:

So you don't accept it, but then you do? Except that it is essentially the same technology, with updated styling FOR A LOWER PRICE. The ONE75 was supposed to be a ONE90 replacement but these so called replacements have always been a little speced down to reach a slightly lower price point. And then you seem to be complaining about something, which you don't know what it is? And then in wrapping up you quote So you're claiming to have a skate which is "going to change the hockey skate forever" but complain that it sets a new bench mark in pricing. How do you expect it to be any other way? Hope you can help me to reconcile all of the contradictions in this post to save me from thinking JR should have suggested a deletion not a repost in the correct thread. Thanks for breaking down that post because it did leave my head spinning.

Heard this today for the first time ever; "Do I get the military discount?" Don't get me wrong, I appreciate everything these people do but I had never heard that one ever.

Uhm, no. you'll love the shin guard then, probably. wrap around lock on the back gives you alot more protection then before, and less slippage from what ive been told. basically the new stealth protective line is a huge improvement over the previous models. easton finally is catching up in almost all areas, and still excels in sticks. Easton OPS still have great feel but no sex appeal on the rack. I'm glad they gave the ST a new look but it really needed a new name. The S19/S17 is also a tough sell. If you had a problem with your S17 snapping, you're not as likely to buy that S19. Easton does make great OPS. I just think they need to market them in a better way. They need some new model names and some dynamite graphics that catch your eyes when stacked up against a wall of OPS in the shop. Bauer OPS are easily outselling Easton in my shop. Props to Chadd, marketing can work when it is done right.

For some reason thats a hilarious joke where I work. Pair of douchebags: "hey, did you get my discount?" Me: "What?" DB: "Did you give me a discount" Me: (knowing that our discounts are on a card that is swiped through the credit card reader): Do you work here? DB: Laughs histerically, with his buddy, pointing at me and saying "Gotcha" and "Gullible" I've been there a month and I've had at least 5 people have thought asking for a discount is somehow funny. You'll be surprised to learn that it's not. "Can I get a discount?" "OK, so you're asking me to risk my job to give you a discount? Ok, so what are you going to do for me?"

"Do you have skating shoes?"

Ok moments ago, a guy comes into the shop. He said he bought skates here with his son but now he cannot find the old skates that he thinks were with him when they bought the new ones. I asked how long ago was the purchase. He said about 3 weeks. I asked what brand. He said CCM. we had just recently cleaned up the service room of old skates never picked up. I don't see any CCMs but go back out to ask him another question. As he walks away from me, he is holding a black Bauer T-shirt just off our rack. The guy is fairly well dressed, $800 designer frame glasses as well. As I walk the last 10' to talk to him, I'm looking for the shirt in his hands. I meet up with him, no shirt in hand! I look at his jacket and see a bulge. I just flat out call him out "Where's the black T-shirt?" looking at his jacket. He opens it up and there it is. "Give me the shirt and get out of here." He has the balls to say,"What about the skates?" My reply is "Do you want me to call the cops? Get the fuck out of here." I'm still pissed.

Today in the shop. A guy comes back to get a pair of ONE95 skates he had tried on a few weeks ago. "Yeah, I want to get them but want to know if you could do a layaway." Yea, sure, leave me some money, pay them off in time, and then they are yours." "Yea, well I play here 3 times a week. My 692s need steel but I really can't put the money into them if I get these skates because I don't have a job right now. I'd like to get the skates. I'll leave you my credit card number too." " I don't think so. That's not how layaway works. I can't give you the skates unless they are paid in full." "But, but isn't there anything you can do. Isn't there someone you can talk to?" "Uh, you are talking to him right now. Sorry but I can't let everyone who wants to do what you are asking do it. Sorry." "Oh, gee." After a few minutes, it really did take that long, he realized he wasn't getting the skates without payment in full. That would have been nice if I had agreed to his great idea and then he cancels the credit card number and I never see him again. Well, that was a first and I hope a last, too.

Only if they win the division!

No time or patience in Toronto for Leafs fans or management to build through draft. The Rangers were the same way forever. The Rangers finally slowed down with that method and now have Dubinsky, Staal, Callahan, Girardi, Del Zotto, Anisimov, and Lundqvist to show for it. Brian Burke is not God when it comes to building a team.

Burke might want to notice that the Pens are now Stanley Cup champs and that the Capitals are doing pretty well with the draft. What an idiot he is, actually just arrogant and pompous.

We refuse to apply #'s or letters to a jersey that is not washed clean.

???? Open up USA Today online and you will understand. I used to go fly fishing a lot. It has been over 10 years since I have bought a new carbon graphite fly rod. They are easily over $500 for top end quality. There is no way I walk into a fly shop and start waving these wands around without talking to a salesman in the shop about what I am holding and looking at. For the guy who hasn't played in ten years, first thing I usually find from guys like that in my shop is before they start picking up sticks and flexing them, they stop and ask me what happened to sticks in the last 10 years and what is a flex and what am I looking at. A little respect for the shop's inventory and product goes a long way towards building a relationship with the customer and sales guy on the floor.

In my shop every AE Black card I have been handed by a customer is personal, not business.

The latest launch of new OPS has brought all manners of toedraggers out to the shops to check and flex the new arsenals. I am sorry for Drew's experience this week. Guys like Drew, JR, Chadd, and myself have first hand experience with this situation from the employee side. It is a lot different playing traffic cop all this week with the flexers who really don't have a clue what they are doing or even why they are doing it. From our side of the shop, this nonsense gets really old really fast.

No way Wilson gets fired with Burke and Olympics down the road. As far as your last sentence, I don't expect anything of the Leafs. They have a long way to go but people in Toronto are tired of waiting. A lot of talk over the summer is showing no early results or reason to be optimistic.

Might have helped if Tucker did that more often when he played for Toronto. Nice to see him rise from the dead after his performance last season. Back to the Leafs: name the coach Burke replaces Wilson with.

I saw the last 10 minutes of the 3rd. The boo birds were out. Winless in Toronto. I don't see much hope in sight.

Wow, Vakar and I thought all the a-holes were in metro NYC.

X:60 LE is senior sizes only.

1. I manage a pro shop and ordered them for the team. 2. Team order gloves from Bauer = 15 pair minimum, no single pair orders. 3. Price depends on your LHS.

The Retail double layer with the XXX palm feels great. However, I have Vapor XXXX gloves from Team Canada Junior team from two years ago. I won them on the ebay auction after the tourney. Those gloves have Pro palm single layer. When we went to place this custom order, I knew I wanted another Pro palm glove in the 4 roll. It was easy to get 12 pair together in Pro palm. They feel awesome and the 13" glove I got is actually a touch snugger than my 13" 4 roll NBH retail from 08. We did 14 pair in Retail palm for the team. The minimum for the team order is 15 pair. I'll be giving the Eagle PPFs a rest for the first time in a few months to wear these Bauers tomorrow night.

I manage the Pro Shop at the Ice House. The team ordered the gloves through the shop. Who did you play for and where?

We just got in these Bauer 4 rolls in custom colors for North Jersey Avalanche 16 AAA team. We did 12 pr + in Pro Style single layer palm and 12 pr + in Retail Style double layer palm. The Retail palm is the Vapor XXX palm! That was a surprise, in a good way. Great fast job by the Custom Department at Bauer Hockey! Thanks guys!! Pro Style single layer palm Retail Style double layer palm