Dropping off the card

Ret Doc cardI have followed Bob Phibbs, the The Retail Doctor for several years and I am a big fan of his work.  He once wrote about a card that he carried with him when he was out and if he ever visited a store and was ignored, he would leave the card when he exited the store.

When I read that post, I thought that is something that I should do.  So I produced a stack of the card that you see above and have carried them in my wallet ever since.  The other day, I dropped a card off in a local shop.

I just wish they knew that it was also a gift from Bob.

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Retailers would have you believe that Memorial Day Sales cannot be missed.  The advertisements make it sound like the stores are giving things away for next to nothing.  Caught up in the fervor, my wife and I headed out on Monday to catch the end of some of the sales.

As we wandered through one of the stores something caught my wife’s eye.  Uninterested, I continued to wander through the store when a customer interaction caught my eye.  So I moved in for a closer look. Something just didn’t seem right.

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