Bill's Bullpen Baseball Cards — Local services in Hollister

Dissatisfied with owners lack of customer service skills. My 10yr old son begged me to take him here on our way in to Hollister. He wanted to see if they traded or purchased cards. So I took him & he was super excited. He packed up his favorite cards in a case & when we arrived, he asked if he could take them all down. I told him no & to just choose 3 to take in, in case they didn’t buy/trade (because I didn’t want him walking with his case in the store).

We got there around 11:30a, we were the only people in there besides the owner & a nice man who was vacuuming. My son asked the owner if they purchased cards, the owner said yes, but only the ones they’re looking for. He didn’t even want to look at what he had at first, saying “I just don’t want to look at a whole bunch of cards” My son put his cards back into his pocket, when the owner saw that it was only 3 cards, he asked to look at his cards.

Then again said “yeah I just don’t want to look at a whole bunch of cards” like he’s not in the business of selling cards or anything like that 😑. Yes maybe say that to an adult, but to a child?

I am so happy I did not let my son take down his case of cards because he would’ve been more crushed not getting any of them looked at. He was so discouraged walking out of there, not because the owner didn’t buy any of his cards, but because he felt as though the owner didn’t take him serious because he was a kid. My son felt as though he just didn’t want to talk to him. He quickly handed my son a paper of cards they’re looking for.

When we walked back to the car, my son told me he had a good amount of graded cards that they were looking for in his case, and I asked if he wanted to go back in to show him and he replied “no he’s not going to want to see them since I have them in the case with a bunch of my other ones”.

Again, it’s not because he didn’t buy anything. My son knew there was a high chance that the place didn’t buy/trade cards. We’ve gone to card stores to sell, & he’s been passed up a couple of times, so that’s not new to him. What was new to him, was an adult treating him like he was wasting his time.

The only reason for the visit was for my son, it’s safe to say we won’t be returning.

Some advice: be mindful of how you treat children, they are next generation...

Another local card shop with crazy above market prices, please do your research before going into this shop. Your better off getting better prices from marketplace, bill is a rude guy especially when you question his prices which I totally get as a business owner but that comes with it. Customers shouldn’t feel guilty for asking questions, on a positive note he does have a good variety compared to the other local card shop in Hollister but I wouldn’t recommend going into that shop. Better off trying your chances at target or a local restock....

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