Funny/sad Story About Tandy Leather...

[Doc Reaper]

I occasionally purchase from Tandy in Charlotte NC, instead of giving discounts to those that have accounts, they pick n choose who the want to give price breaks too! So I travel up to Zach Whites, it's cheaper and better quality! It's an all female crew at Tandy and none of them have any experience in leather - period! They need to hire folks that know the differences in the types of leather they sell, instead you get a used car salesman pushing to make a sale, it's kinda sad!

[bikermutt07]

I will chime in on the "Tandy brick and mortar" note.

I had been interested in leather work for quite a while when in 2014 my wife and I had our second son Eddie. Eddie only lived here two short weeks and the months that followed were very hard. My wife took her full ten weeks off from teaching to grieve. I stayed at home with her during the entire 10 weeks. It was hard to get moving again. We had come into a little unrelated cash influx so I was able to stay home for awhile.

I knew that I had to get moving again. I had to find something to make my hands go back to work. As it turns out a factory tandy store had just opened up down the street. So, one day I wandered in not knowing anything about leather work or tools. Lewis (the manager at the time) was really helpful and encouraging. He got me to come to a few classes and I bonded with some other area hobbyists.

This is a hobby I continue to enjoy. My wife and I look at our time with Eddie as the greatest learning experience God ever put in front of us. We both became closer and stronger because of him.

So yeah, tandy might be littered with corporate b.s. and unskilled salespeople, but for me; the fact that they were there at that time, makes the value immeasurable. I look forward to doing business with the sponsors here and I will.

I just wanted to say that if that Tandy store hadn't been there at that time I could have easily found the bottom of a bottle.

Thanks Tandy.

[Studio-N]

On 5/26/2016 at 10:16 PM, Doc Reaper said:

<snip>! They need to hire folks that know the differences in the types of leather they sell, instead you get a used car salesman pushing to make a sale, <end snip>

they would if they gave a crap. but they don't. It may change under the new regime but I'm a skeptic.

[NVLeatherWorx]

We could hope for some change under the "New Management" but the change over took place long enough ago and there has still been no apparent shift in their way of doing business.  I have long since written Tandy off as they lost their way long ago and are now too far gone to save.  Besides, they don't have anything to offer me at my stage in this trade.