Running Wild Store on Scenic

PACEDOG#1 wrote:So, I go in to look at some running shoes and to visit a store I have never patronized, ever. I thought I was on a car lot from the get go. I've never been hovered over so much except at local car dealers when just trying to look at the merchandise. Not by one, but by two salespersons. The initial salesperson, a female, wants to play 20 questions. I finally get her to leave I so I can get a few minutes alone just to see what is in stock. I finally start to get into looking at some of the shoes and by GAWD if the next salesperson didn's start pestering me. WTF? Can't a person peruse a bit when trying to look at the merchandise? Hello!!!

I get the kid to leave me alone...finally. I'm looking at some of the brands now that I've seen on the net and in magazines and I was quite disappointed in the prices. I was looking at a Saucony style shoe that sells for about $65 and Running Wild has it for neary $100. The prices were 20% or more higher that what I have seen locally at a strip mall in Pace and even on the internet. I guess Pensacola Running Wild caters to those other than middle class from what prices I saw on shoes and clothes.

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

hallmarkgrad wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

Then dont go to Running Wild. K Mart will be just fine for you. Ge-zus

hallmarkgrad wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

Then dont go to Running Wild. K Mart will be just fine for you. Ge-zus

Dreamsglore wrote:

hallmarkgrad wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

Then dont go to Running Wild. K Mart will be just fine for you. Ge-zus

Oh,how sad is that?

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

hallmarkgrad wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

Then dont go to Running Wild. K Mart will be just fine for you. Ge-zus

Not everyone needs someone to pick their shoes out for them. I know how a shoe is supposed to fit after having coached cross country for a decade. What I want is for someone to leave me alone in the store until I pick out something to buy. It is not that hard of a concept. I emailed them what I described earlier. I never mentioned price either, just the pesky salespersons.

Gerald Scott wrote:There are people who will bitch if nobody helps them and bitch when somebody helps them. Shoe store, restaurant, car lot, gym, grocery store, makes no difference.

bitch bitch bitch....

buy your damn shoes on line and quit bitchin about a local merchant

Yella wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

hallmarkgrad wrote:

PACEDOG#1 wrote:

Floridatexan wrote:
If you're racing long distances, the shoes can definitely make all the difference. Sometimes, you have to pay a little more to get the best, including the best service. That store gives individualized fittings.

I can fit myself.

Then dont go to Running Wild. K Mart will be just fine for you. Ge-zus

Not everyone needs someone to pick their shoes out for them. I know how a shoe is supposed to fit after having coached cross country for a decade. What I want is for someone to leave me alone in the store until I pick out something to buy. It is not that hard of a concept. I emailed them what I described earlier. I never mentioned price either, just the pesky salespersons.

They have highly intelligent people there. All you need to do is simply say, "Thank you, but I'll let you know when I need help."

Gerald Scott wrote:There are people who will bitch if nobody helps them and bitch when somebody helps them. Shoe store, restaurant, car lot, gym, grocery store, makes no difference.

bitch bitch bitch....

buy your damn shoes on line and quit bitchin about a local merchant

SheSurfs wrote:Pace, I have mixed feelings about Running Wild. They were of great help to me when I first started out with a fitting that put me in the shoe I still train in today, but as I became better educated and more specific about my equipment, they rarely have what I want in stock. That forced me to order online when I would really rather support local business.

The upside is that they offer training classes (expensive) and weekly runs sometimes with free classes afterwards which I can see would be beneficial to the novice runners out there.

I lost even more interest when I found that they push you to wear their company branding in races....and you have to pay for it! While I understand the up charges on shoes to have what you want in stock and have someone with more knowledge than a sophomore in high school, I will not be paying to be a banner advertisement for their races unless they are willing to sponsor me which at my advanced age is not too likely, lol.

I realize that they have to play a delicate balance when it comes to maintaining inventory, but after two trips across town to find they did not have my size in socks kind of did it for me.

That said the owner is a good guy as are several of their employees who, as the result of being athletes themselves, get a little fired up about their products. I expect these kids were weekend workers under orders to sell, sell, sell. There is one person who gets to me for not asking about my running....but more personal questions...like where i live and work which makes me a little edgy.