Age for ammo

[pikid89]

dang wal mart again

lady refused to sell me a couple bricks of federal .22LR ...first ones ive seen in several months

Im 20 but she said "it fits in a handgun so you have to be 21"

I said its for a rifle therefore only 18...she said i dont know that...it can be used in a handgun so i cant sell it to you...i would lose my license"

so i said well so does .30-06, but i can buy that...she just glared at me and sold my dad 6 boxes of 9mm "as long as its not for him (me)"

i guess they dont ask if its for a rifle or handgun anymore...they decide for you

needless to say i was pretty mad...but thers no one to complain to at wal mart...cuz they dont give a damn about customers as individuals...last time i had a complaint about a gun issue, the store manager said all the authority rested on the person at the counter

I want to boycott walmart ammo and such but the only small gun shops in my area charge close to 30 bucks a brick

 

[Walkalong]

Look on the bright side. Less than a year, and that problem will go away.

Get dad to go by later and buy a brick for you in the meantime.

 

[uspJ]

save up your money and have your dad buy you 3 or 4 bricks at one time, that should keep you from having to deal with the walmart till your 21

 

[slowr1der]

If you are going to complain I'd talk to corporate instead of the store manager. I don't know if they care or not but it's worth a try.

 

[capntang]

I was accused of attempting to make a straw purchase in Walmart last year. I was entertaining my younger cousin (15) for the day, so I decided a day at the skeet range was in order. I stopped by Walmart, went up to the counter, and as I was standing there deciding how many cases of shells to buy, I turned to him to ask how many rounds he thought we might like to shoot. The ... lovely lady behind the counter immediately grabbed the two cases of shells I had on the counter and asked me to leave. She then got on the PA and called a manager over.

I was extremely embarrassed to say the least.

I'm well beyond the legal age, and the ammo was being sold to me. Not a straw purchase at all, but no amount of arguing could convince those two geniuses of that.

I called corporate. They apparently don't care.

 

[xcgates]

I have to say, I like Walmart for their cheap food (I live in rural NY, and stores can be few and far between), but I don't buy any beer from them for a similar reason. Basically I had a case of Sam Adams, and when I went through the checkout, there was a girl at the exit where the bag for my lane were. Actually she was waiting for her mother in the next lane over, but the cashier said that if I couldn't prove she was 21 (no way she was), I would be blacklisted for the rest of the evening. I realize that they have a need to be careful, as I am a college student in a college town, but that pretty much tells me that if I so much as have the audacity of seeing a friend who is under 21, I have to avoid them like the plague. Because heaven forbid that I have friends who aren't legal age.

As far as ammo goes, I buy the bulk packs of Federal .22LR whenever I spot one, and used to buy the bulk Remington shotshell packs. But now I reload, and after I run through the last few hundered, I'll be shooting all reloads.

You know, I might just send them a letter about their policies, and the lost sales. Not that it will make any difference, but I will make me feel better!

::EDIT:: That walmart is also the only place to card me for an R rated movie (and only sporatically), and they only randomly ask if the .22LR is for a rifle or pistol, go figure.

 

[Toaster]

In Illinois the cashier has to hold a valid FOID card just to ring up your purchase of ammo. If no one working that shift has a FOID card, you don't get to buy any rounds. Period.

 

[Leafy Cronmer]

The new policy at my Walmart is to not let the customers touch the ammo, Almost like how they keep cigarettes behind the counter. So my cousin and I are all set for a day of trap other than we need to get a case of shells. Told the guy behind the counter I needed a case of 12 gauge, he brought it out rang me up and I payed when I grabbed the case I realized it was 20 gauge. Told the guy he gave me the wrong stuff and he said sorry can't return ammo.

I guess I could have checked it before i signed the receipt but come on.

Left without a fight because I had a 20 gauge in the car but I would have preferred to shoot the 12. Just little things like this that wouldn't happen in a local store, but It's hard to justify paying so much more for ammo just to not hassle with the dumb Walmart people.

 

[j-easy]

so she wouldn't even sell the .22LR to your dad? that's ridiculous.

 

[Tenn870]

I went to a gunshow in Frederick MD and there was a store from Reistertown, they have a huge selection and are normally pretty cool but when I went over to buy some 12 guage buckshot the lady said she wouldn't sell it to me because I wasn't 21. I gave her a blank stare and asked if she realized I can buy shotgun ammo at age 18, apparently its a store policy. I guess they don't like money.

 

[Zack]

This is funny, I had a walmart rant a few weeks ago but it got shut down because the grammer police hated on me and a mod shut it down. But your story has good grammer and theres no need to call the grammer police.

Sounds like the same problem I had before in my post.

Once I was buying a bulk pack of .22 and she said is this for a hand gun or long gun? I think if my Dad wasnt with me she wouldnt have sold it to me.

Its like other guns, tommy gun 45acp. High point carbine 9mm.

 

[NG VI]

XCGates back when I lived with my wife, just before she turned 21 (a little less than two years my junior), I was turned down there several times. Apparently if you even live with someone under the age of 21, you become under the age of 21. I bet there are a ton of cougars out there that would love to know that little technicality.

 

[j-easy]

It's pretty easy to have discriminatory polices towards people 18-20, they do not make up a large enough portion of the population, and people generally aren't interested in pursuing rights for demographics they are not a part of. Unless it's the popular cause of the week.

 

[pikid89]

i think the main problem here was the fact that she didnt ask wether it was for a rifle or a pistol...she said since it fits in a pistol i cant buy it

so then i asked her what about a .30-06 pistol...she clearly had no idea what i was talking about, or what she was talking about

 

[Hatterasguy]

I hate Walfart and vote with my wallet by not shopping their.

If you live in a rural area buy ammo online, its cheaper and comes right to your front door!

 

[Nick5182]

The Wal-Mart here asks if it's for a rifle or pistol. I try to avoid Wal-Mart at all costs though. I recently found out I can get ammo cheaper at Bomgaar's, and only have to drive 12 miles instead of 35. If I want to go to the Scheel's (About a 45 minute drive), I have to pay a few cents more for ammo, but can at least know they'll have what I need, and can examine the long gun ammo before I buy and not have to worry about the crappy customer service to boot. Also, at the local Wal-Mart (Storm Lake, IA), It's hard to even get an employee to the ammo case. There's no one ever there, and if you ask another employee, they always say "I'll page somebody for you" and it takes forever for them to get there anyway.

 

[wishin]

Don't take it personal. You have to accept the fact that the cashiers/employees at Walmart are on auto-pilot. Just today, my wife, who's 57 years old, was denied a purchase of epoxy adhesive at Walmart because she didn't have her ID. It makes no sense, but their prices are what keep us going back.

 

[Jorg Nysgerrig]

Please, no Walmart threads. It's spring. The weather is nice. Go on outside, smell that fresh spring air. Yes, that's it.