I can probably shed some light on this!
There are some people that Start off as a collector, and really enjoy a hobby. Time passes and they seemingly get the Job they always dreamed about. But then time passes.
So time passes and day after day they have to deal exclusively with there favorite hobby everyday, meeting new collectors, old collectors, and people that ask too many questions.
So slowly, they start to actually hate there own hobby, and lose all passion for it. So when genuine, nice people come in, they couldn't care less because they are already pretty well clocked out in there head and couldn't care one way or another about anything to do with there original hobby.
Ok, so while that's all well and good your story sounds awful, I've been to shops like that, (run down comic shops, coin shops, etc), and had similar experiences, (Nothing this bad though). That being said, this is *NOT* everyone who opens a store, as I've met lifelong owners who still enjoy what they do and will put genuine effort In helping customers get what they need. As they are business owners, and not burned out cynics who despise what they do as a result of owning a store. We have a store in Omaha called Ben's game zone, who the owner worked himself up from being a side business in his parents thrift store, to owning his own shop. And that is an example of a business owner who loves what he does, and cares about his customers. If you are ever in Omaha check the place out, he's a really cool dude!
On the flip side, there is a comic/card/collectables shop who is more of what your talking about, seemingly not caring about customers, and assuming everyone is a person who won't buy anything and doesn't deserve there time.
Now, there are two ways I like to handle this and it depends on the situation.
If the place has things you want and is unhelpful and rude
Act as much like you don't know what your doing at all, and just when they have already determined in there mind you are wasting there time, change personas and go super sonic with your knowledge and drop like 80 bucks and be as nice as possible about it. I wish I had a camera the three or so times I've done that.
And the second way is to just leave and never come back. If you live around there, probably tell your friends about your experience and just don't shop there. Because, in the end, it's all about the money and business is business. MLK and the civil rights movement did this tactic and it forced a complete overhaul of an entire system and changed the way the country works forever. Now that example is probably pretty extreme but you get my point.
So next time you run into this kind of store, (Make sure that you actually know this is someone who is rude, unhelpful, and couldn't care less) try one of those two tactics.
Or just go full dick mode and move stuff around in the store. Luke Skywalker is now a G.I. Joe, the flash comics apparently replaced much of the walking dead comics for some reason, and 90's action figure batman gave up the crime fighting thing for his real paasion, hanging out with my little pony plushe and becoming a bronie.
Edited: 09/18/2016
at 11:03 PM
by Fryer64
