Meeting up with the homie to skate tomorrow and wanna buy a new board. My shops dead and my best options rn are between a shop owned by a long boarder and a punk rock shop.
The board buying experience is very sacred to me and I wanna stay as core as possible. Which is closer to skateboarding?
Not to put down either of them, but if they are both not exactly who you would go to, what is their selection like? Does one shop have a lot more of what you would prefer than the other for the size, shape, brand, and lastly what is the customer service like, the people serving you make you feel welcome or not and all those factors?
I learned long ago when going into a lot of skate shops all over the country here, some I felt welcomed and was way more likely to buy from and return to, while others gave me the impression I was a hinderance, or the person behind the counter didn't even acknowledge me walking in the door, so I was way less likely to buy anything, or ever go back again. Sure there could be good or bad days for anyone, but who actually owns the shop can often be the last thing to really consider, if there are other factors in play. To note, I would usually buy something from every shop I went into, just because I can, but only a few shops I walked out of with nothing and never went back.
Anyway, Osage put up some good points too, but even the term "core" can sometimes be over used or mis represented to the point where as per your question, I wonder what "your shop" you are referring to as well - your local shop doesn't have what you want or you just don't want to go there for whatever reason?
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