I went yesterday to buy the lamps I wanted from Hafatzim. I had called last week and they told me that they still had them.
One would think, then, that I would have come home yesterday with two lovely new lamps – but one would be wrong.
They have the lamps, but they don’t actually carry stock in the store. Of course.
When I mentioned to the sales person that it would have been helpful to give this information over the phone she explained to me that they don’t have any room in the store for stock. Right, I tried to explain, and had I known that I would have asked her to get two lamps in the store for me to come and get yesterday.
She offered for me to order the lamps – and pay the entire thing up front. I’m about to leave for the US, I explained. That’s fine, she said, she’ll hold them for me.
Um, no. My money would rather be in my bank account until I can get the lamps, but thank you.
I left, and considered that maybe G-d doesn’t want me to buy from Hafatzim. The salesperson was smarmy and thick.
Maybe UK eBay will have something? They have the same electricity as us.
Shira Abel is the CEO and founder of Hunter & Bard, an award-winning public relations and design agency that works with scale-ups and enterprises on building their brand, awareness and thought leadership.
As CEO of Hunter & Bard, Shira oversees a team that manages public relations, marketing, design, and brand development for clients across multiple industries. She develops strategies for organically growing companies through sincere digital engagement and the application of behavioral marketing.
Clients include JELD-WEN, Benchling, Sixth Continent, Totango, Folloze, Radix DLT, Axa Tech, Allianz, and many more. Shira is also a sought after corporate speaker and marketing mentor, and has spoken at events such as Confluence and Content Marketing World, and taught at institutions such as Kellogg School of Management and S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research in Mumbai.
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