WestKentucky
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Moved recently, and have been away from the area I’m in now for 5 years. Things have changed and the old haunts are all gone, replaced by cigarette outlets, cheap takeout joints, and a parking lot or two. Sad story, but it’s part of life.
On with the show… I made a lowball offer on a stripped revolver frame. It’s an old H&R 733, but that doesn’t matter. I found an FFL and called them. Phone call was good, so they go the green light for my transfer. They discount transfers for people who use their app… that should have been a clue. USPS said the package arrived Saturday. I got there today, told them what I was expecting, and out from the back they brought a beautiful milsurp 1911. Sadly I had to correct their mistake. Out from the back round 2, a S&W j frame pre-lock with gorgeous grips, and again I had to correct them. They tried again and finally dug up a box that contained my stripped frame. It was not in their log book yet, so that took a couple minutes. Then they gave me a 4473 which looked different than I was used to and took the info from it and typed it into a background check database. Maybe that should say type-o-ed it because I got a hold, and as soon as the hold popped up the phone rang and they said it was TBI. The guy at the computer is typing away while talking to the person on the phone correcting his error, and he tells me that they are starting over but they said that the hold would change to proceed quickly now that his mistake was fixed. Great, a little long, but ok. Guy seemed new, I wasn’t in a hurry so whatever. He got a pass on that and he was polite the entire time. The other guys though…
While all of this transpired I felt ashamed to even be in the place. The workers were all hiding behind racks and such making very inappropriate comments about other customers and 2 coworkers. Comments about a generally attractive young lady and how long it would take…, a customer with a physical handicap and how he couldn’t shoot anyway with “that thing” on the end of his arm. The coworkers were dumb, know it all, posers according to the manager, and he was considering firing one of them but dude has a smokin hot sister. A policeman came in and then comments were made about police in general. I was trying to avoid it all and check out new toys I had never seen.
I would have left had it not been for my background check processing and that I would have had to pay to ship the gun somewhere else. I felt like a hostage honestly, just wanted to finish the the transaction and get away. It’s hard to be worse than the shop owner who called me an A-hole at a shop literally riddled with dog poop, but this one now holds the crown. Oh and the discount for using the app, it’s kinda deceptive in how they promote it. They did give me $10 off for having the app but since I had not actually done anything on it they said they normally wouldn’t unless I had booked range time or something.
This lgs is a one and done for me.
On with the show… I made a lowball offer on a stripped revolver frame. It’s an old H&R 733, but that doesn’t matter. I found an FFL and called them. Phone call was good, so they go the green light for my transfer. They discount transfers for people who use their app… that should have been a clue. USPS said the package arrived Saturday. I got there today, told them what I was expecting, and out from the back they brought a beautiful milsurp 1911. Sadly I had to correct their mistake. Out from the back round 2, a S&W j frame pre-lock with gorgeous grips, and again I had to correct them. They tried again and finally dug up a box that contained my stripped frame. It was not in their log book yet, so that took a couple minutes. Then they gave me a 4473 which looked different than I was used to and took the info from it and typed it into a background check database. Maybe that should say type-o-ed it because I got a hold, and as soon as the hold popped up the phone rang and they said it was TBI. The guy at the computer is typing away while talking to the person on the phone correcting his error, and he tells me that they are starting over but they said that the hold would change to proceed quickly now that his mistake was fixed. Great, a little long, but ok. Guy seemed new, I wasn’t in a hurry so whatever. He got a pass on that and he was polite the entire time. The other guys though…
While all of this transpired I felt ashamed to even be in the place. The workers were all hiding behind racks and such making very inappropriate comments about other customers and 2 coworkers. Comments about a generally attractive young lady and how long it would take…, a customer with a physical handicap and how he couldn’t shoot anyway with “that thing” on the end of his arm. The coworkers were dumb, know it all, posers according to the manager, and he was considering firing one of them but dude has a smokin hot sister. A policeman came in and then comments were made about police in general. I was trying to avoid it all and check out new toys I had never seen.
I would have left had it not been for my background check processing and that I would have had to pay to ship the gun somewhere else. I felt like a hostage honestly, just wanted to finish the the transaction and get away. It’s hard to be worse than the shop owner who called me an A-hole at a shop literally riddled with dog poop, but this one now holds the crown. Oh and the discount for using the app, it’s kinda deceptive in how they promote it. They did give me $10 off for having the app but since I had not actually done anything on it they said they normally wouldn’t unless I had booked range time or something.
This lgs is a one and done for me.