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The salesperson was willing to help at first and w...

The salesperson was willing to help at first and watched me run in different pairs of shoes. Felt somewhat pushy about some pairs though even though I expressed disinterest in them. Then I made the mistake of openly taking a picture of the shoes I had liked the most. My intentions of taking the picture were solely for my own purpose of remembering which shoes I liked there so when I went to other stores in the area I could look back and decide. This was my first day of shopping for new running shoes and knew I wasn t buying them from the first store without visiting at least the other locally owned running store in town. The manager immediately accosted me and asked why I took the picture. He then asked me if I had even intended on buying shoes there that day. I was taken aback by his confrontational attitude and he went and told the salesperson helping me in the back. Her attitude changed entirely as well after that and told me she hoped I wasn t going to buy the shoes online after taking all of her time . They offered to hold the shoes for me as a reason why I don t need to take photos but even that was too much commitment for me at the time.I had actually wanted to try on some sports bras and (probably buy one) but not after all that. I understand brick and mortar businesses are in serious decline because of online business, but you re going to chase away all your customers if you are assumptive like that. I went to Crozet running and found a beautiful pair of shoes that they don t even carry at Ragged Mountain. They carry Topos which I highly recommend.

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