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| - I was not happy with my experience in this store at all. My first thought was WOW, over priced! But then, for a small specialty/niche store higher prices are not unexpected. And, as a novice BBQer, I really wanted to check this store out to see what they had. Or, is this a place that could help me develop a new hobby/passion? My answer after 10 minutes or so was NO. Again, I thought they were highly over priced-on everything. From rubs to your smallest accessories, I thought they were really milking it-and that I would go to other stores to buy such products. I mean really, in this economy, who has money to burn (no pun intended in a BBQ shop)? But it was my interaction with the senior most appearing member of the shop that really turned me off. My wife and I were in around closing time, and with a few minutes before closing, this older looking guy walks up very close to us with a look like, "CAN I HELP YOU-NOW?" My wife guessed he was noticing it was close to closing and greeted him. I explained my place in the market-trying to use a gas grill to experiment with smoking. He poo-pooed everything I had to say and gave me the impression that if you weren't there to spend over 500 dollars, the most you were going to get was "smoke flavor." Isn't that what smoking was all about? His behavior IMHO was dismissive and gave me the impression "It's closing time!" So we left-thinking they don't need our money and we don't want to go back.
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