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I hate Park Slope Sports!! — Brooklynian

I hate Park Slope Sports!!

anonymous
anonymous
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Okay, I know I've said it before but these people are really too much! They've taken money out of my account again without asking or I guess the more appropriate expression would be permission! We've finally told them that that's it - no more! We quit! Of course they have talk to the general manager about that first and then they'll get back to us about that. And of course she's not there. So I wonder what will happen... Should I close my checking account? They keep raiding it and leaving me with no money. Worse than with no money - minus no money! I hate them!!!
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  • heights249
    heights249

    Subject: that was me

    heights 249 - i might have forgotten to log in in my frustration/outrage/angst....
  • daveb
    daveb

    Subject: Re: I hate Park Slope Sports!!

    Anonymous wrote: Okay, I know I've said it before but these people are really too much! They've taken money out of my account again without asking or I guess the more appropriate expression would be permission! We've finally told them that that's it - no more! We quit! Of course they have talk to the general manager about that first and then they'll get back to us about that. And of course she's not there. So I wonder what will happen... Should I close my checking account? They keep raiding it and leaving me with no money. Worse than with no money - minus no money! I hate them!!!
    While I'm sure it won't magically solve everything, report them to the Better Business Bureau. The bureau can't force them to do anything, but they will advocate for you and try to help you reslove it and if PSSC refuses, they'll note it on their record.

    I'm quitting next month, so I'm sure I'll have headaches of my own.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
  • emily
    emily
    Check out my long saga of trying to quit! But your situation is worse...I have mine on credit card so I can dispute it.

    I like Tavern on Dean, The Usual, Franny's (as an expensive treat), the Garden Cafe, and the drycleaners on the corner of Vanderbilt and Park....
  • stacey
    stacey
    There is also Red Lipstick, Soda, Delicacies, Daily Heights -
  • daveb
    daveb
    dailyheights wrote: Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
    I'd give my right eye to "The Islands" on Washington. I love them and while eating there regularly would kill me, I try to go at least once a month. The lady that runs the place is very nice and often will make me wait a few extra minutes so she can cook up some special extra something for me. It really feels like your just sitting in her kitchen, well, you are, but i'm sure you get the point.
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    does the library count...and musuem, acme pet store, oh and the photo shop on vanderbilt...the guys there are awesome...and beast.

    i think it's human nature to focus on the negative while forgetting the positive.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Ditto on all those mentioned. Plus El Gran Castillo De Jagua.
  • daveb
    daveb
    dailyheights wrote: Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
    Geido!
    I practically live there.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    Maybe at this point, we can reference a previous thread:

    http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=48
  • anonymous
    anonymous

    Subject: Bad Karma

    dailyheights wrote: Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
    Exactly, everyone is so negative and does not think before they speak. Everyone is human and things get tought. Try to be more positive. Your bad karma is going to get you.
  • sje
    sje
    I Love Acme Pet Shop, those guys are great. The prices are very good, and they always have what I need. I am addicted to getting delicious treats at Delicacies, it's a wonderful compliment to Met food across the street, allowing me get the basics and a bit higher caliber gourmet groceries in the same trip.

    Sampled the freshly made Frozen Mint Juleps last night at Soda, an excellent summer drink! {thank you, Robert!} :P

    And Le Gamin delivers my lunch almost every day, {2 storefronts away, how lazy am I?}.

    My dogs wear fabulous collars and gobble dog pastries & cookies from Housebroken. I also outfitted my newborn niece with adorable baby gear from here.

    Freddies, Bergen Bagel, Gen, Guido, Hootie Couture, Amorina, Beast, Forest Floor: Excellent. 'nuff said.

    No-one touches my bikes except Bicycle Station.

    *Plenty* to love about living and shopping here, and I try to keep my dollars circulating in the 'hood.. I do also wish people weren't so quick to jump on the negative. Maintaining any type of business is very, very hard.
  • heights249
    heights249

    Subject: wow

    I think it's kinda crappy that a nice place to vent about local businesses that are causing people distress and practicing really bad business just became a place to feel defensive about expressing an opinion. I think it' a valuable thing for people to exchange information about a place if they have valuable information to give. I love this neighborhood that's why I care about what kind of business gets practiced here. I think there are an enormous amout of threads that represent the positive things about Prospect Heights and I would hate to see this site become irreleveant if everyone is just exchanging the same things we all know and love about the place. I would hate to think that there was an outlet available to me to share info about a place that rips people off but I couldn't tell anyone about it because I didn't want to be seen as being to negative. I also think Half is a great place (relating to a previous thread) and therefore my cause for concern to see it being run so poorly when the owners aren't there - I want it to stick around and do well, and I sincerely hope that it does. Park Slope Sports on the other hand, I personally think, could benefit from a whole lot of sound advice - maybe from people venting on a message board that actually knows what their talking about - maybe not. Okay, all that said, hope this doesn't as well get misconstruid as being just more negativity.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights

    Subject: Re: wow

    heights249 wrote: I think it's kinda crappy that a nice place to vent about local businesses that are causing people distress and practicing really bad business just became a place to feel defensive about expressing an opinion.
    Sorry, you're right. This board would be useless, and boring, if neighborhood people shared only positive information about local businesses. When I wrote, "Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore?" I was mostly joking. The partly-serious part was that the "negative threads" seemed to have been in ascendance last week, and I felt that Half Wine Bar deserved ...well, only about Half of the criticism they were getting.
    guest wrote: everyone is so negative and does not think before they speak. Everyone is human and things get tought. Try to be more positive. Your bad karma is going to get you.
    Well, anonymous guest, I'm flattered that you quoted me... but I totally disagree with you. Most users of these message boards are amazingly thoughtful and reasonable. The people that "do not think before they speak" are usually anonymous guests, like YOU, who say rude things like "Get a Life" when people are trying to share valuable information about the neighborhood.

    Hey, everybody. In honor of Rude Anonymous Guest (RAG), your assignment for the week is to post something thoughtful AND negative about Prospect Heights.
  • emily
    emily
    I put Half in a totally different category from Park Slope Sports Club. The owners of Half are locals and I think they are really trying to do a good job, with some less than ideal staff. PSSC, on the other hand, seem to be real scam artists.
  • sje
    sje
    I agree, and am interested in reading both positive and negative comments, but it does seem like whenever there's a negative one, tons of people jump on the bandwagon and trash the place, even sometimes suggesting a "boycott". On the other hand, many positive things just get ignored. Maybe that's just human nature.
  • pensodyssey
    pensodyssey
    dailyheights wrote: Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?

    The guys in the bodega right above the Manhattan-bound Bergen 2 stop are great. They even give me smokes on credit when I'm short before payday!
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    daveb wrote: [quote=dailyheights]Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
    I'd give my right eye to "The Islands" on Washington. I love them and while eating there regularly would kill me, I try to go at least once a month. The lady that runs the place is very nice and often will make me wait a few extra minutes so she can cook up some special extra something for me. It really feels like your just sitting in her kitchen, well, you are, but i'm sure you get the point.

    ooh that place rules. and you can walk right across the street and get a 40 of "country club" for $1.59, you know, for those days when youre just craving a roti and some malt liquor but dont have much cash :lol:
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    dailyheights wrote: Are there any neighborhood businesses that people actually LIKE anymore? I mean, besides the bike shop?
    also: red lipstick pretty much rules, if not for the neo kaiju, for everything else in there- half my wife's wardrobe has come from there, and i gotta admit, she does look mighty fine! :twisted: :twisted: :idea: :idea: :idea:

    though im no fan of hibiscus, i gotta say that the hardware store, the chinese place, red lipstick, the bike shop, the cleaners and the diner on that block make up for a pretty awesome commercial stretch of vanderbilt. id reccommend them all.
  • anonymous
    anonymous
    I'd give my right eye to "The Islands" on Washington. I love them and while eating there regularly would kill me, I try to go at least once a month. The lady that runs the place is very nice and often will make me wait a few extra minutes so she can cook up some special extra something for me. It really feels like your just sitting in her kitchen, well, you are, but i'm sure you get the point.
    I'm intrigued... what's "The Islands"?
  • daveb
    daveb
    JessicaSophia wrote: I'm intrigued... what's "The Islands"?
    Washington Ave, next to the Key Food. Jamaican/Carribean cuisine. Cheap, really friendly and really, really good. There's some good good reviews of it, but i'm too lazy too hunt them down. Trust me, it's worth checking out and with the attitude the owner has, considering all the complaints of so many Proho businesses having attitude on this board, she deserves the business. She's so nice.
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    daveb wrote: Cheap, really friendly and really, really good
    i dunno, their $8 veggie roti wasnt exactly cheap... but then again it came with stale/crumbly roti bread.

    oh wait, thats not a good thing. :cry:
  • flute
    flute
    Every restaurant has its down days ... The Islands has far and away more UP days than down days ... I give it, hmmm, on a Scale of One to Five Apples, I give The Islands ... well, Six !!! :wink:
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    FLUTE wrote: Every restaurant has its down days ... The Islands has far and away more UP days than down days ... I give it, hmmm, on a Scale of One to Five Apples, I give The Islands ... well, Six !!! :wink:
    ...then there was the time that i found shreaded plastic in the food. was that an off day too? :wink:
  • flute
    flute
    Hmmm, well yes, I would imagine so ... perhaps you can look on the bright side and consider that you got some much needed roughage because it may have been lacking in your diet ... yea, that's it - roughage ... (and they are clairvoyant as well !!) ...
  • rhodamine
    rhodamine
    FLUTE wrote: Hmmm, well yes, I would imagine so ... perhaps you can look on the bright side and consider that you got some much needed roughage because it may have been lacking in your diet ... yea, that's it - roughage ... (and they are clairvoyant as well !!) ...
    im just bitter since the carribbean soul-food place down washington closed. no one could touch their roti, greens, mac-n-cheese, etc. so good.

    then whatever the hell "papo sandwich shop" is moved them out... and never even opened... so it was a total loss.
  • flute
    flute
    Ohhh, now I see. Well, if it's any consolation at all, just know that I, like our former President, do feel your pain. :wink:
  • arielbl
    arielbl
    The Islands was reviewed in the Times 25.00 and under column within the past month.
  • ugarte
    ugarte

    Subject: Whiplash

    dailyheights wrote: Hey, everybody. In honor of Rude Anonymous Guest (RAG), your assignment for the week is to post something thoughtful AND negative about Prospect Heights.
    Did you just intentionally change this from a positive thread into a negative (but thoughtful) thread?

    To stick with the positive theme, I am very pro-Ripple. Syron has been very good to me and stuck with a failing open mic on Thursday nights for longer than I might have if it were my bar. (NB: I think Elon is still keeping it going and you should, of course, go to the Monday night Brooklyn Comedy Company shows). I also like Sepia even though I don't go there as much as I should.

    Negative: I am very down on Cafe Shane. Not only is the food mediocre (and pricey for the quality/portions), but the chalkboard outside is often filled with what appear to be anti-Tom's messages. And being anti-Tom's is like being anti-rainbows.
  • ugarte
    ugarte

    Subject: Islands review

    arielbl wrote: The Islands was reviewed in the Times 25.00 and under column within the past month.
    Here is the review.

    The Islands is another place which against which I will not allow a bad word. (I will enforce this edict with the power of "frowning at my monitor". Consider yourself warned.) I've never had a bad experience there and dozens of good ones.
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