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I swear I could have written this exact post two weeks ago. Vakar has been to my building and pro shop when its busy. We have 4 rinks under 1 roof. That means every 90 minutes or so, 8 new teams(15 skaters/team) roll into the rink. Doing the math, that's 120 players. If only 10% need their skates sharpened, that's 12 pair right there. I want to get one of those clocks that we could set up the hands up to say "if you drop your skates off now, they will be ready at ..." I got railed on two weeks ago by a travel dad at 12 noon on Sunday when I said the wait was 40 minutes for sharpening. "You're never helpful. Can't you move my skates up." I said sorry. He went out into the lobby with a scowl. After a few minutes I went out to say Look I am sorry if I offended you but there are skates ahead of you. He wasn't buying it so I had to say how would you like it if I let somebody jump ahead of you in line? Would that be fair? He still didn't care and I moved on. The other day: A guy I know comes in for a sharpening. "How long?" "About 20 minutes." "10 minutes." "20 minutes." "10 minutes." "No, 20 minutes." In the end it took 25 minutes because he had rolled over his edges from stoning his blades so much. The next time I'll offer the 10 minute sharpening and leave it at that. "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part." That's a great quote! Working retail isn't the most gratifying experience at times. Unfortunately we have become a society of instant gratification (nothing new there) and as a result a country with lots of self absorbed people who think they are the gift to the universe and should be treated as so. I think the 'currently in progress' (soon to maybe become worse) downtown in the economy will change a few attitudes....

I agree with you there, somethings like that just seem as though they dont need to be made public Good luck regulating what gets or doesn't get reported by the press in this day in age. Like it or not he's a public figure now, a future face of the franchise, the press will be watching his every move. So if something gets in there you don't like, tough luck.... it's out there.

In my opinion he's being taught how to behave under the 'corporate logo'. He works for a corporation now, expectations are different and they are going to make him conform. It's like any new grad starting his/her first job in a corporate setting. You learn the politics and how to behave, and if you don't some will tell you whether you like it or not..... I have no problem with what the Blues are doing, he'll learn how to act if he wants to be successful in the long run. They are making him accountable, I like it.....

Beacon Sporting Goods (LHS Quincy, MA) Phone call to Beacon Sports... Me: Do you carry any hockey shafts in a 110 flex? Beacon: What? Do you mean a two piece? Me: Yes Beacon: I don't know.... Me: Would you mind checking... Beacon: I don't really want to go next door and check...*click* I would say that was my worst encounter ever with customer service, what a total ass that guy was. And to think that I was going to purchase something additionally through their Ebay site. I'll take my dollars else where. Sometimes it's the things LHS store owners or employees do or fail to do in this case.....

all i know is that the 1st gen. Synergy costs roughly $8 USD to make. they claim they don't make that much profit because of the labor costs and the cost of the machinery Biggest urban legend in this industry. I remember when that number came out and how it spread. The only way your going to know for sure is to become employed by Easton and have access to their internal financial statements. Even when companies disclose their cost of sales/unit they may choose leave out many other costs skewing the real number. Some companies don't even know themselves what the true cost of a product is, since they don't look at all the costs associated with bringing a product to market and roll them up to come up with a cost/unit.