I just returned from my first visit to this nice violin place. I am looking for a violin for my daughter, as she wants to upgrade her violin. It is for this reason that I went to Ifshin in El Cerrito. We used to rent violin when they were in Berkeley. This new place is so nice and spacious. As I approached the front desk, I talked a young lady and told her why I am in the store. She was nice, but very cold and so sterile in her dealing with me. \r
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I asked her if I can handle the violin in the showcase that she was referring to me. She grudgedly handed the instrument as if to say: "Don't drop it." I felt that I was not welcome at all in their store. Honestly, I am very disappointed in this first visit. She was so fast in her answer to me that I could see and feel that she just want to get rid of me. Since there was another person behind me, I noticed too that she was looking pass behind me. there was no friendliness at all.\r
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I thank her and get out of that place as fast as I could.
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