Phillip Galls Kicks Butt with a Recent Fundraiser

Post by **tania** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:56 pm

Yeah, the Galls are no longer involved with the store. The new owner is Richard Kassar; he also owns an outdoor store in Cincinnati called The Benchmark Outfitters. He's a really cool guy and has turned PGs around. He has also decided to do a donation type thing with, I believe, 3 different colors of the Keen Newport H2 sandals. You can choose to donate something like 10% of the price of the sandals to either the Sierra Club or RRGCC, so more ways to help out!!! I'm not positive about those exact numbers, but check it out!!

Post by **Meadows** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:49 am

It'll be a good chunk of change (~20), but I'll get the details out later when the sale starts.

Post by **Meadows** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:51 am

Worth a re-cap ...

the lurkist wrote: Anyway, any store that is getting on board with the RRGCC and helping pay off the PMRP gets my business.

tania wrote:Yeah, the Galls are no longer involved with the store.

Post by **ReachHigh** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:17 am

<RANT>
will they stock anything in a size 13 shoe? its not that big people and I'm getting pissed about it.
</RANT>

Post by **ElectricDisciple** » Fri May 02, 2008 8:58 pm

tania wrote:why won't you buy from them??

Tania:

I won't buy from them because I don't like the atmosphere in the store. The salespeople wanna talk your ear off and wanna act like we're best buds or something. I'm kinda odd when it comes to sales and I don't like high pressure environments. I know what I want and a fair price for the item. It seemed to me that the management there wanted all the salespeople to make the customers buy something, even though the customer wasn't interested. I didn't like being pressured.

Maybe PG's has changed, but I find J&H is a lot less of a pressured environment and I like it better. They have all the things I need and none of the pressure.

I think it is cool that they are willing to donate money to the coalition, and maybe I'll try them again. Who knows...

Post by **ynot** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:23 pm

Man, I hope you never have to shop for major appliances.

Post by **captain static** » Fri May 02, 2008 9:31 pm

I would like to point out that Benchmark, the new owners of Phillip Gall's, is a long time supporter of the RRGCC. In the many times I have been in Benchmark it has always been a layed back place.