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Why Armenians Do Not Shop At Armenian Businesses
#1
Posted 20 April 2006 - 11:37 PM
I have lots of reasons as to why Armenians don't give their business to an Armenian and at the same time Armenian businesses don't want Armenians to be their customers. I'll give only one example of each and let you give the rest and what can be done to change this.
Armenian business owners point: Any Armenian walks into their shop expects to get high discount for being Armenian and yet same people go to other shops and pay the asking price with no arguments and thank the owner for a good service.
Armenian customers point: If you go to an Armenian business they think you're asking for a big discount, willing to pay full price yet they ignore you and make you unwelcome in their shop. But they show respect to others.
Why not give your business to an Armenian and I hope that Armenian businesses show the same respect to their Armenian customers. If we can change few minds in this regard it will be a success.
#2
Posted 21 April 2006 - 09:54 AM
#4
Posted 21 April 2006 - 01:56 PM
#5
Posted 21 April 2006 - 02:42 PM
I know about a store in Sun Valley that's called Sunland but I don't think it's Armenian it's Arabian.
#6
Posted 21 April 2006 - 02:54 PM
#7
Posted 21 April 2006 - 02:59 PM
Zartonk jan, everyone and their mother (literally) buys their special commodities (why does it sound like we're talking about drugs----we're not
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#8
Posted 21 April 2006 - 03:11 PM
For example Body shop, Mechanic, Real Estate Agent, Lawyer, Plummer and so on.
Of course I'm not talking about very small communities or very large but about average ones.
#9
Posted 21 April 2006 - 06:07 PM
From a customer's perspective (mine), I don't think an Armenian consumer going to an Armenian business is looking for a discount because he shares the fact of being Armenian with the owner. Rather, it is knowing that the item can be sold for less. It is knowing that well established non-Armenian businesses charge 2-4x what something cost them because they have to account for so many factors in doing business (i.e. returns, specifically ones that can't even be returned to the manufacturer but yet they follow the 'customer is always right' ideology and take it back, complimentary give-aways because a customer complained, etc.). But in an Armenian store you don't have the same sort of customer service. Good luck yelling like hell and making a scene in a store and expect to get your item returned if you've used it (sometimes even if you haven't used it). So it is knowing the fact that the seller can, and will, sell for less that consumers expect Armenian businesses to compromise on the printed price.
#11
Posted 09 May 2006 - 12:24 PM
Edited by ddd, 09 May 2006 - 12:25 PM.
#12
Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:23 PM
Edited by Harut, 09 May 2006 - 08:23 PM.
#13
Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:24 PM
#14
Posted 10 May 2006 - 09:23 AM
Man, I'll have to second that Harut. No one should cut the hair of an Armenian man except an Armenian man.
Since I moved here, my haircuts look Asian and so-so.
Edited by Zartonk, 10 May 2006 - 09:24 AM.
#15
Posted 04 August 2006 - 11:35 PM
Confucius says: "No such thing as Chineese ethnic group."
#16
Posted 14 August 2007 - 01:33 PM
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#17
Posted 06 September 2007 - 11:18 AM
On the flip side, many Armenian owned businesses have gained negative publicity and reputations. Some through personally conduct, and some get labeled with negativity due to the fact that they are Armenian owned.
We also see this new trend of first generation Armenians and our youth (including myself) who spend minimal time and money in Armenian owned businesses and take our money else where. This is due partly to growing up here and popular culture as well as assimilating to our surroundings.
#18
Posted 06 September 2007 - 01:08 PM
Well! There are other businesses that may have better "varunks".
At high school, at one time Movses (hi MosJan) managed the sandwich shop. Every day we would ask; “Movses, huumus@ lav e“? He would snswer, in equally good humor; “Tso apush, yete lav @llar yes kouteyi" . Of course, it was good, since his mother had prepared it the night before.
Haykakan e patvakan e?
Show us!
Is that why I shop at general stores with the same day tomatoes than at so called Armenian stores with ten day old "lkhkats loliks"?
Lest we get carried away. There still are good Armenian businesses, like that vegetable store in Watertown, Mass., whose vegetables are the freshest and the best.
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I just searched an learned that that Kay's Fruit Market in Watertown, mentioned above had just closed and vacated the premises.
Sad!
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Is it because we have become too soft to wake up at 2AM, go to the farmers' market to buy the day's fresh produce, and rather shop at Stop & Shop, or Shaw's, formerly known as "mkrtichian" Mugar's Star Market?
For every seller there is a buyer, and when the seller does not meet the standards of the buyer, that buyer will find another seller.
Edited by Arpa, 07 September 2007 - 06:18 AM.
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Posted 06 September 2007 - 09:54 PM
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#20
Posted 01 December 2007 - 01:23 AM
I have lots of reasons as to why Armenians don't give their business to an Armenian and at the same time Armenian businesses don't want Armenians to be their customers. I'll give only one example of each and let you give the rest and what can be done to change this.
Armenian business owners point: Any Armenian walks into their shop expects to get high discount for being Armenian and yet same people go to other shops and pay the asking price with no arguments and thank the owner for a good service.
Armenian customers point: If you go to an Armenian business they think you're asking for a big discount, willing to pay full price yet they ignore you and make you unwelcome in their shop. But they show respect to others.
Why not give your business to an Armenian and I hope that Armenian businesses show the same respect to their Armenian customers. If we can change few minds in this regard it will be a success.
I think that it's common for Armenians and people from Middle East to do "Bazar" kind of business. For example, I prefer to do business with Armenian suppliers, but I noticed that the quality of their products are poor. The reason is competition I guess. Since everybody wants a bargain price, then the supplier has no other choice but to get cheap products, which then will scare away other clients who rather get better products for the right price. I think I'm going to tell my supplier my thoughts, but I may expect him to say "I am not looking for business partners..."
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