Well done for speaking up. Even if they ignore you, you know you tried. At least you won’t cringe in guilt anytime you see one being sold because you didn’t speak up.
If you didn’t mind harassing them a bit, Veena has a great article about what to look for in a quality pole. They might consider it biased because she sells x-poles but she advocates for lil mynx and platinum stages too, so that might help dispell that thought.
I was really happy to see the Love Zone near my pole studio selling Lil Mynx instead of the crappy kinds. I’m not sure if it is because our studio owner (who used lil mynx in the studio) has a deal for new students if they want to get their shoes there and so they got the same poles to up potential business. Or what, but either way I was happy to see them carrying a quality pole that won’t hurt people.