TBLfan

how do you like that palm? Sick, isnt it?

hah, last time I played rec softball it was intramurals... Last game I played I accidentally "felt up" a girl on the other team and then she hit on me after the game. Seriously, who stands on 1st base when the ball is in the outfield? She cost me a triple... stupid little slut.

Yeah, i hesitated all of about 20 mins on them. The second time I looked at the auction I hit the BIN button. Cant beat that price.

Sweet! What did you use? I find Febreeze after a day of Lysol (2-3x) does the trick. Any gear I buy new does not get stank, because they get the Lysol and dry treatment. 1/3 rubbing alcohol, 1/3 hydrogen peroxide, 1/3 water. Spray on possible stinky areas and let it sit out under a fan. Use heat gun on lowest setting at about 8-12" as a hair dryer. Dry in no time and almost stink free. Needs a couple more treatments and it will smell brand new.

Yeah, split fingers. It's on the outside, it's kind of hidden by the canadian flag in all the pics I have. It's just black sharpie it says either "P29" or "P62" kind of hard to tell. Didnt see the marking on any pictures from the past two seasons. Notice he has one pair that doesn't have the blue panel, it's all black on the backrolls. There's also another pair that look just like mine but have his name on the cuff instead of the outside of the pinkie. BTW, only a couple hours later and they are funk free.

Yeah... They're drying now. Hopefully they'll be a bit better. These must have been RANK before the repalming. Doesn't look like a stick has touched the palms yet. Got them off ebay, low BIN price with rareness of glove made me snap them up quickly. I believe that Richie has/had about 2-3 pairs that he rotates... I wonder how long these have been used. I lost Thrill's email... I wonder if he can confirm based on the marking on the cuff when these were used by Richie. I might need to call in a favor.

Nothing special, nash. BTW, these things stink... Wheres that damn spray bottle?

New beauties arrived 10 mins ago: Brad Richards pro stock, used but recently repalmed: Big thanks for Drewhuns forwarding me the target for me to pull the trigger on.

I send a couple emails and Jason called me to confirm everything and he put the order in. They're going to hate me if I go custom again, but all depends if I decide to pull the trigger on the gloves on ebay.

And that is why I used your finished product pics as my template for photoshop :P They better be different or I will be pissed! I like having stuff other people dont have, luckily around here my eagles, my eastons and my new beauties are pretty different. Mostly retail around these parts. Maybe my next pair of eagles will be even more unique as my new gloves that are en route.

Well you have to remember that those tips are accounted for in their pay(sometimes). A waiter or waitress might only be getting paid $2.50 an hour from the resturant.

haha, thats why I photoshopped mine. Very close to what I got.

First, I DID say the tact could have been better but since you want to argue... You do realize that car accidents cause more deaths than guns right? It's not even close. Good vs poor breaks could easily be the difference between life or death in an emergency. At the point where it costs a life, when a life could be saved(possibly), it would be no different than shooting him. A decision that was made potentially cost a life.

He never said that but... YES, poor breaks have less stopping power and in the event of an emergency will not effectively do the job. When are your breaks relied on the most? emergencies.

sure, wasn't the most tactful thing but it was very straight forward and honest. What's really good customer service anyway? Giving the customer the product they want or giving them the product that is right for them?

...at my LHS I always get a discount, I laughed when he appologized about not giving me a discount on my skates... THE SECOND DAY OUT! I knew that the shop owner would have his head if I got a discount, he freaking offered me water bottles, laces, tape anything within reach, haha. ^hahaha, it's funny how you sometimes HAVE to call them out on stuff like that and surprising on how many people will realize that you're right. I've had similar run-ins: Customer - "It's just for my kid." Me - "You don't seem to like him very much, do you?" Customer - *looks at me like I'm crazy* Me - "Look, no BS. This is more expensive but it will last longer and it would work better for him. If I was looking to screw you over I'd be showing you this, this is not what your son needs, better quality still but overkill. Now this one over here that I showed you earlier is not much more than you were looking to spend and is made much better, it will last and do the job better. Trust me, I dont want to see you in here in two months because it's not working out."

Just to point out I added the second paragraph of my previous post after D aka speck was typing a response. If you want to get on my case for it, do so but don't include him in the retort. Most annoying line ever. My normal response was always the same; "Honestly, sir, that doesn't mean anything to me. I treat all my customers the same regardless of how much they spend." Normally that really pisses them off, this is when you can find out who these guys really are with: "Please look at it this way, you didnt always spend money here. Would you have come back if I didnt offer you the same courtesys and honesty as the customer that has bought more than you? This isn't a buisness about picking favorites, it's a buisness of offering the best advice and taking care of ALL of my customers to the best of my abilities." If they are still angry, let them leave. If they understand, you have a customer for life.

Whenever I buy a non-consumable worth more than $50 at a store that has a salesperson I always ask "Is that your best price?"Now, I don't break balls over it but it gives the salesperson an opportunity to knock the price down or simply say "Yeah, that's the best price I can give you." Price negotiation doesn't have to be an uncomfortable thing as long as everybody treats the other parties with respect. The simple fact of the matter is that prices for everything are constantly on the rise and, as a consumer, I'd be foolish to not try to maximize my spending power. Honestly, that isn't offensive at all. Some places can adjust prices and they will if they can... BUT that should be the end of it, if he/she says no, accept it and give the "You always gotta try" line. It will normally get the crack of a smile because we're normally expecting the "come on now" line. Actually, I'll come clean. There was one thing that I did do that was somewhat shady, it was kind of like a little "annoying me" tax. There was a specific warranty that was $15 per unit automatically, some units were really only $10 but we had to manually enter it. They told us to always tell the customer $15 and if they ask we could give them the $10. I gave the $10 to every customer that didnt ask or was polite about it... the only guys I didn't do that for were the ones that constantly(and I mean CONSTANTLY) asked for handouts.

I'd agree, you definitely come out of it with a different view of people and the world. I learned a LOT about people working on full commission, I've got plenty of friends that work in resturants... I always try to spend as little time as possible with a salesperson and let him know my honest intentions. If it's slow I might shoot the breeze with the guy for a few. If he's a nice guy and a customer is coming, I'll shake his hand and thank him. Tips. Unless the service was horrible, no less than 15%, normally 20% or more depending on how long I was there and what I bought. If you don't see it from the other side, you really dont have an idea. I've made plenty of comments about how to deal with "problem customers" and every person that has been in the position agrees... Seems like everyone that hasn't been on that side, doesn't agree. The truth is the customer isn't always right, in fact, many customers will take advantage of kindness. When you're a salesman and I mean a real salesman, not a shady used car guy(not all used car guys are bad); often you're the one that is going to have to defend against being worked over. And the entire time some of these guys will accuse you of being a snake and trying to screw them over. Sometimes, you just have to walk away. Actually, it seems to have happened via craigslist to me. I have some of the stuff for sale locally that I have on here. It's priced a little higher as MSH gets the "best price" as it is a community not an opprotunity at a quick buck. The guy offers me $30 less, I match the MSH price which is like $15 off and tell him that that's the best I can do. He agrees. Then two days later he says he doesn't have that much, he only has what he originally offered... so he'll take them for that price. I explained the difference between what I'm asking and retail, told him that I cant do any better. I appologized and thanked him for his interest. I'd be willing to bet a small amount that he will buy them for what we originally agreed to. He was probably just seeing how much money he could get out of me. If I say ok to that new price, he has car trouble and only has X amount of money left... Keeps going until someone says a firm NO and even then he might give it another shot.

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I want those damn white/navy eastons!.. in 14.5" :(

Just about any girl that plays hockey that cant crush my body with her legs is attractive. ;) The stick is pretty funny... My buddy was playing a game once and his team was dominating. He is a goalie. In the first intermission, he wrote what he thought of the other goalie on his stick with a puck. "Flounder"

I'm taller than you by an inch and I use a 58" stick. It would be nice for you but for most other people, it would suck.

B)--> QUOTE(Tyler B @ Mar 7 2008, 09:07 PM) ←so a XXXX with XXX graphics? Honestly, that was just like I said... my first thought. I have used 3 different XXXlite sticks and never liked one. None of them had the checkerboard weave... At this point I avoid the XXXlite like the plague, why bother looking at something you already know you dont like?

First thought when I saw it, it's a XXXX.