I called up Encore today.  I talked to the owner about referring him some business on an appraisal I was working on.  I introduced myself as saying, “Hi, this is Geoff from Cousins Vinyl…” His response was, “Oh yeah, I know you, you’re out on Eckles Road in the middle of nowhere, right?”

I thought this was hilarious.  Although they do have an impressive record store, and even I shop there, the guys that run it are a bit, um, proud of their store.  And to suggest that we’re out in the middle of nowhere was pretty funny.  Considering that we’re basically in the heart of Southeast Michigan, right off 96 and 275. 

I guess the dude thinks that anywhere outside of Ann Arbor is the middle of nowhere.  But whatever, we’ll gladly stay out in our nice little cheap rent spot on Eckles, equal distance from Detroit and Ann Arbor.  It’s close enough to buy record collections in Ann Arbor, which we’ve been doing a lot of lately (and he apparently knew about) :) .

Cheers, Encore!  I’ll keep the referrals coming!