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[deleted] t1_jdmzwbo wrote

Reply to comment by Virtual-Value5005 in Best record shops in Pittsburgh? by spencergar

Overpriced and rude. Last shop I’d go to and I shop almost daily at record stores. Makes me a little sad because I’ve been going to Eide’s for nearly 40 years.

Now if you need to keep someone busy with comic books or movies while you flip through the bins, this is your place.

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Virtual-Value5005 t1_jdn0l08 wrote

The owner is crass, but the employees have been ok. Rude won't keep me from what I'm looking for.

Edit: OP is out of town and going to a Pens game. Not that far out of the way. Probably shoot a puck from the arena and hit the building.

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hydrospanner t1_jdn9gyw wrote

Eide's is one of those places that while I don't outright avoid it, I have to have that magic combination of free time, convenience, and desire to put up with them.

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I'm not sure which guy is the owner, but I've stopped in several times after work, headed back to my car, and three different employees have given me grief over having my laptop bag with me.

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Once, I was basically done, having found a record I wanted, so I just came up, bought it, and left. The second time, the guy was short about it, but not quite rude. I pushed back a bit saying that this was my work laptop, and that I was just coming in to check out the records, and he backed off. The third time, the guy was fairly rude and adamant that I couldn't have my laptop with me in the store. I pushed back, and he wouldn't budge. He told me I had to leave it with him, and I refused, saying it wasn't even mine, it belonged to my employer and contained sensitive information, so I wasn't about to leave it with him. Then he said to take it to my car and come back. I said that first of all, I wasn't leaving it unattended in a public garage, and also...if I get to my car I'm going home, not coming back. He kept ranting and I pointed out that if it was about stealing, I couldnt fit a record in my laptop bag anyway. No matter. And he was insistent that I still shop, and give him the laptop.

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Eventually I just told him fine, I was leaving. As I walked out, he started with the whole, "Well you don't have to get mad and storm out..." BS, still telling me to come back and shop.

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I think I've been in twice since then, have never encountered that guy again. The first time, I shopped without anyone giving me trouble. The second time, the guy said I had to leave the laptop with him, and instead I just left. That was months ago, and I really haven't felt their selection or prices were good enough to justify going through that hassle again.

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thecrowfly t1_jdne4fg wrote

Bums me out. Eide's was freaking amazing when I was growing up.

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Virtual-Value5005 t1_jdnfxb9 wrote

I took my 10 year old son there a few years back. It was amazing for him too. Now he has a girlfriend and we all remember how amazing that was growing up!! The thrill of someone else wanting to suck face...

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Jahya69 t1_jdoailx wrote

The employees there have always since I can remember going way back into the eighties had this contempt attitude

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Virtual-Value5005 t1_jdnfc70 wrote

I kinda get the bag thing. I use to work in the Double Tree Building and had a backpack. No bags is a common policy.

I'm a mellow person. If everyone that I told the bag rule to gave me guff, Eide's be a bit ornery after the umpteenth time too. Just say'n

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Delicious-Breath8415 t1_jdo6p9l wrote

I couldn't get enough of Eide's when it was at the narrow, old location with the crooked floor. I think it was on Smithfield and moved to a different building on Penn before where it is now.

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