Verizon and At&t stores

My cousin and I had a free moment this afternoon to head to the verizon and At&t stores. We decided to see if the salesmen could "sell" us on either the storm or Iphone. Being that the verizon and At&t stores are close to each other in Monroeville it didn't take but an hour.

At the verizon store we were greeted by four handsome men with shiny shoes and neatly tucked in dress shirts. They proceeded to ask us how they could help us and directed us to the sales desk.

First things first, that place is huge! Why do you need that much square footage to sell something that has the average size of 3"X3"X1/4"? Not only that, there were well over 12 people working there. I guess they're doing something right though.

Anyway, we asked our salesman to tell us why we should go with the blackberry storm instead of the Iphone. This is where he proceeded to give his sales pitch, and on, and on, and on he went. Not only about the specs of the storm, but how bad the Iphone was. How he's used his friends, and people are suing At&t for no coverage in New York, and how blahhh blaahhhh blaaaahhhh bllaaaaahhhh. This man was REALLY working hard for this sale. After we left I pictured him folded over in half out of breath.

After prying ourselves out the door (with him still talking and following us) we headed to the At&t store.

The At&t store was about a 1/3 the size of the verizon store, and about 1/6th of employees. We didn't get jumped at the door or bombarded with handsome men.

Our salesman was down to earth. When asked a question he didn't know the answer to he humbly admitted and we moved on. He was short, simple, and to the point....not really like a real salesman. We spent 1/3 less time in the At&t store than the verizon.

When we left we joked how funny it was that the verizon salesman worked so hard, talked so long, and spent so much time trying to sell us the storm....but all the At&t salesman had to say was "Iphone."

At&t knows they have the best product on the market when it comes to touchscreen smartphones....all they have to say is "Iphone."