Thread: Fellow beginners research before you buy

That was precisely my point in starting this thread is to let fellow beginners know they don't have to spend as much as I did.

Originally Posted by Machiavelli9

I absolutely agree with you jss, but hopefully someone can learn from my mistake. No regrets just be informed before you buy.

We're on the same page M.. "Don't go there...."

Best regards and happy shaves to you,
Julian

Glad to hear Machiavelli acknowledging his mistake.
It is very common for a beginner. The salesman turned your excitement to money.
However, before spending 400$, he should have known and informed you about all these matters that SRD did, instead of caring only for selling to you his products.
For these reasons I will consider your experience proof of low level customer service, and I will avoid buying from them, even through web.

Once again thank you for sharing.

My initial experience was similar when I wanted to buy my first razor. Me and internet shopping do not work out 100%, I am impulsive and when I want to buy something i kind of want it then. Not a week or two later. So I had contacted a Toronto web vendor and asked if they allowed local pick-up as I was going to be in Toronto for 4 days for my daughters Hockey Championships. They said they did and asked what I was after. I explained i wanted to striaght shave and would need everything from brush to razor....Total Bill just shy of 400.00. I wanted to change the razor from the Timor they were selling ot a McPherson Bros. which buymped price by 30.00 so now it was 400.00. So i agreed and asked when and where to meet them, did not get a reply from them from friday afternoon untill Sunday around lunch, after we were checked out of our hotel and on the hwy home i get an email saying okay meet them between 3:50pm and 4:00pm at a intersaction in Toronto. I was finally like no, you know what for 400.00 I do not care if your a home business starting up you can at least give me your address or meet me in a coffee shop, not standing on the street somewhere near your condo. as well the fact I had not gotten a confirmation email for 24+ hours untill I was an hour outside of Toronto saved me a boat load of cash

That day when I got home I found SRP and learned that I could try Straight shaving for far less that the 400 bones I was about to drop. So it is common for beginners to get caught up and buy way over the needs