When I first went into this store, I was greeted by a very nice guy who proceeded to guide me through the humidor. He made recommendations to me based on what I told him I like in a cigar. His recommendations where spot on ? I loved the cigars. I returned again and was helped by the same guy who once again greeted me very personably and made some new recommendations that I liked. When I returned a third time, the same guy took me into the humidor but this time there was another guy there. He turned out to be the owner. When the first guy began helping me as usual, the owner butted in and very rudely dismissed his employee and just sort of took over. I didn?t like that very much but there I was so I let him make some recommendations. I feel like I was taken advantage of because the cigars the owner recommended where a little more costly than what I?d been buying and I didn?t like them. This owner clearly just wanted to sell me what he wanted to get rid of or what he had the biggest profit margin on. I returned a fourth time, hoping to have the original guy help me but he was not there that day. The pushy owner was, however and he proceeded to shadow me into the humidor where he began his rather abrasive sales pitch. When this other guy came in and told him he had a phone call, the owner abruptly told the guy to show me some cigars and left without a word to me. Now it gets stranger. This new guy looked like the owner, spoke like the owner, made me really uncomfortable like the owner ? more so actually because this guy had no concept of personal space. Some people might have thought he was coming on but I think he was just totally clueless. I think they were related because it was just too coincidental. If they are not related, it?s just downright creepy. That did it for me ? I won?t return to Ye Olde Pipe.
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