Has anyone ever had any dealings with these guys? They have a store on Manchester, in Maplewood right across from Schnucks. I have a LITTLE beef with them, and I was wondering if anyone else shared my sentiments... long story quickly:
I've lived in maplewood quite a few times over the years, and sold and bought many things at the Sam Light pawn shop right next to Eddies. I've always stopped in to Eddie's to oogle the expensive shit, and check out the basement for good deals [NEVER found one...] I've always got a vibe from the employees that they didn't want me there... a real condescending attitude like I was WAYY beneith them guitarstore GODS that they are. They always treated me like shit, actually... Standing around like statues, never offering any assistance until you get to close to an actual guitar [GOD FORBID you try to actually PLAY one...] when they would run over and scold you like a small child.. Anyway, when it came time for me to make my first big expensive equipment purchase some years ago, I checked out some stuff at Eddie's, found what I wanted, and ordered it online. Whatever..
Fast Forward to today.
I walk in the store [or actually, I was buzzed in..] and there is a bicycle RIGHT inside the door, balanced on it's wheels with no kickstand. The breeze from the door knocked it in to a rack of patch cables. I leaned over and straightened it out, but I didn't see a kickstand to balance it on. Before I could do anything, one of the employees [who's bike it was] said to me [a potential customer...NOT]
"I got the bike. It cost $4000 and if you mess it up I'll break your neck"
Needless to say, I was shocked... WHO THE FUCK RAISES THESE PEOPLE? WHERE DID THEIR PARENTS GO WRONG?
First off, if the bike hadent been right inside the door, it never would have fallen.. Second, I don't wanna mess up anyones stuff, even if they were stupid enough to leave it in the 'line of fire' as it were, and I'm certianly not to uncoordinated to keep it from falling over with it in my hands.. Third, where the fuck does that douche get the impression that it's OK to speak to people that way??
If I wasn't on probation for pulping some other assholes face in, I think I might have wrapped the damn bike around that dudes neck... I would have liked to, anyway.. and maybe whack him in the head with an overpriced $5000 gibson custom shop les paul for good measure...
Instead, I walked out, stewed a little bit, and went to the internet to rant and rave a little bit...
I don't actually expect to have any effect on their business, as I doubt many TIRC-ers shop there anyway but I'll say it anyway - Please, please, please DO NOT shop at Eddie's guitars. Don't buy their guitars, or their amps. DO NOT get your guitar set up there [they SUCK at setup, overcharge, and then don't make it right when you bring back the guitar with a setup problem a week later - this I KNOW from firsthand experience]. I'll fix your shit and setup your guitars for free if it keeps you out of there... If you want good quality equipment and/or repairs, there are SO many other good shops in town that treat their customers like people, not pests. In Maplewood? Try Goez Instrument Sales and Repair on Sutton, less than 1/2 mile from Eddie's. Or there is Gravity Strings in Soulard. Or Killer Vintage. FUCK, I'd advocate Guitar Center [yech] over Eddie's Guitars at this point.
That is all.
-m