The other day I was at Sports Authority in Hazlet, NJ looking for a kayak paddle. They had about 5 to choose from and since I am on a budget, I wanted to compare prices, as well as quality. Of all 5 not one of them had a price on it. I walked around the store looking for an employee and did not encounter one until I reached the front of the store (the paddles were in the back of the store) and had to ask a cashier for some assistance. She then paged for someone to go to the paddle area. I commented on not being able to find a salesperson for help and her reply was "we are stretched thin today". I have been in the store enough to know that they are in fact under staffed EVERY day.
I walked back and had to wait for someone to show up to help me so I decided to look around. I was amazed at the amount of products without a price tag. And I didn't even venture out of the water sports area. How are people supposed to shop in this price conciseness economy if more the 2/3 of the products do not have prices on them?
When the salesmen finally showed up I explained that I was interested in the 5 paddles and none of them had a price on them. He then had to go all the way back to where he was to get a scanner to find out the price. What took almost 15 minutes (I was pressed for time) could have taken less than 5 had all the products been properly tagged with prices.
I was never a big fan of Sports Authority due to issues in the past. Although they are 2 mile from my house, I think it is worth the 10 mile drive to go to dick's Sporting Goods in Woodbridge, NJ.
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