(02-13-2018, 04:29 PM)Marko Wrote: (02-13-2018, 04:23 PM)Drifter Wrote: Awe man, that sucks. I was just there this past summer while visiting for a month - it was a little sanctuary on the Danforth. I guess it makes sense, some of the staff were complete tools, but that's too bad.
I think they're planning to continue with the online store but they're going to revamp it. I have bought things from them online over the years but their website needed work - its not the best set up. That said, their service was always excellent, prices competitive and they were the first Canadian vendor to stock Chatillon Lux and that in itself wins my loyalty.
I thnk its tough to staff a brick and mortar with knowledgable people at (probably) minimum wage. We've got one in Calgary, Kent of Inglewood and they don't stock artisanal stuff nor is their staff all that knowledgeable apart from the manager. They have a great line of Swedish broad axes though! Hard to shave with however.
Well if you can't shave with a Swedish broad ax, you just aren't trying hard enough lol!!
I agree, I guess it would be hard to staff a place like that. The causal shoppers are one thing, but the nuts like us who know more than most...
Either way, again, I'm sorry they are going. Even though I don't live in Toronto anymore, it always makes me a little sad when a brick and mortar shaving store hits the dust. Of course, how any place can stay open with rents and real estate being so expensive is beyond me. I got the most expensive haircut of my life on the Danforth this past summer (where this store is located). When I asked if I was being robbed because I wasn't a local, I got a lesson in the cost of living in Toronto.