chuck smith, c.s.s.

customer: "lemme ask you a question."

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "ok."

customer: "do you have the ICC commentary set on the Torah?"

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "we do carry it, but it is currently on backorder until january."

customer: "lemme ask you a question: what's the price on that."

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "$279.99."

customer: "yowza. you think the price will ever go down on that one."

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "no, i don't."

customer: "why's that?"

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "this is not a particularly high volume item and the publisher doesn't give us a particularly strong price break on it."

customer: "then how do you suppose i can afford it."

chuck smith: "how should i know?"

customer: "suggestions. suggestions is what i'm looking for."

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "you could buy a used set if you're willing to shop a secular retailer."

customer: "i dunno. i don't like it when people leave finger prints and notes in the margins."

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "ok. well, the phones are ringin' like them bells, is there anything else i can help you with?"

customer: "maybe. do you guys have any damaged or dinged up editions?"

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "no sir.

customer: "not even in the corner of the warehouse? somewhere hidden, maybe...out of sight?"

chuck smith, c.s.s.: "no sir. and if we did, we would sell that edition at one of the warehouse sales we have four times a year. we would not put it back in stock."

customer: "so those sales. are they busy?"