A gun shop episode that left a bad taste in my mouth...

[PT1911]

Imagine the reaction of my friend (shop owner) who was in the middle of a sale when a (2nd)customer/browser butted in and offered a USED version of the same new gun that the (1st)customer was IN THE PROCESS of buying for 25 (?) dollars less...

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The guy was out of line, plain and simple.

 

[Erik M]

the owner can disallow any behavior on that property he wants.

This economy wont support owners that treat their customer base like that for long. I assume his time is short.

 

[Brass Rain]

Many people here are saying it was a rude thing for you to do. Chalk it up to inexperience but it sounds totally reasonable for you to have wanted to make an offer. Now it would be quite different if, in the middle of the person negotiating a price with the shop owner, you had popped up and said, "I'll give you (higher amount) for it!" Starting up a bidding war with a shop owner in his own shop is deplorable. But after he said he couldn't make an offer, it seems quite reasonable that you could speak up.

He had every right to tell you that you can't do it in his store, but repeatedly yelling and getting red in the face is darn over-the-top. You deserve an apology as much or more than he does.

 

[Art Eatman]

Two months of this? Seven pages? Way too much Low Road language. Enough.