Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1883 — Shoppers Who Won’t Buy. [ARTICLE]

Shoppers Who Won’t Buy.

A New York dry goods man wishes something could be done to put a stop to the shoppers-who-never-buy nuisance. These people are very well known to the stores* and they don't give as much trouble as formerly, but still they take up valuable time. The moment an “old-timer” comes up to the counter she is recognized by some of the salesmen, and the warning signal, a tap on the counter, is passed along the line. Then there is fun. The “old-timer” will call for a certain shade of yellow. She is told that it is not in stock. “Oh, what a pity!” exclaims she; “that is just what I wanted. If you had it I would buy sixteen yards of it.” Then it is the next man’s turn. He comes up accordingly, and tells the first salesman that he is mistaken, that there is still a bolt of twenty yards of that identical stuff in the store. He brings it forward and lays it down. You would think the shopper- who-never-buys would be disconcerted at this turn of affairs. Not a bit of it. She says, smilingly: “Oh, that is just what I want. Lay it aside for me, and I will see my dressmaker and find out just how many yards she needs, and to-morrow I’ll come back and buy it.” Then she departs with a simper, but she never comes back. It is said there are no such trials in England, and the reason is that there about seven-eighths of the population are housekeepers who have no time to loiter around stores, whereas in New York fully two-thirds of the people live in boarding-houses, and time hangs heavy on their hands, and they kill it by worrying salespeople. .

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