crewchief
Member
I was at a local gun shop yesterday and they had a Springfield TRP Operator marked down to $1039. The kid (and I do mean Kid like maybe 20) behind the counter said this was a steal and they marked it down from $1300 because it has been sitting in the case for so long.
He took her out of the case because he was drooling over her too and man oh man does that baby feel sweet in your hand. I even like the grip tape type of grips that were on her and they had a mini Surefire (M3) rail light snapped on the rail. He had mentioned that they might be able to make me a deal and throw in the Surefire to go with it. Plus he said it came with four mags and all of them had that rubberized bottem.
So what do you guys think is this a good deal or not? I don't have the money right now, but I have a feeling that it might still be sitting there in a month or two so I think I have time. If it does move though I think that I can get them down to that price from now on if they were to order one.
I also asked the guy what % of mark up do they put on there guns and he shifitly went around that question . So I then managed to get out of him what kind of employee discount they recieve. I figured that a good gun shop owner would at least for loyal employees order guns for them at cost plus shipping. Well that was not the case and he said that they get guns at 10% above cost plus shipping . Hmmmm, I said (which is true) that there is another gun shop about 7 miles down the street (actually closer to my house) that will order guns at 10% above cost plus shipping for regular customers. Granted this other shop has much fewer guns in stock and not nearly as much in accessories and reloading stuff.
Well that is why I am asking about this TRP Operator because this shop seems to have a higher mark up on guns then other shops. I also think that it might have to do with the fact that they have a indoor pistol range, outdoor bow range, and a gunsmithing shop on hand.
Thanks for any advice,
Crewchief
He took her out of the case because he was drooling over her too and man oh man does that baby feel sweet in your hand. I even like the grip tape type of grips that were on her and they had a mini Surefire (M3) rail light snapped on the rail. He had mentioned that they might be able to make me a deal and throw in the Surefire to go with it. Plus he said it came with four mags and all of them had that rubberized bottem.
So what do you guys think is this a good deal or not? I don't have the money right now, but I have a feeling that it might still be sitting there in a month or two so I think I have time. If it does move though I think that I can get them down to that price from now on if they were to order one.
I also asked the guy what % of mark up do they put on there guns and he shifitly went around that question . So I then managed to get out of him what kind of employee discount they recieve. I figured that a good gun shop owner would at least for loyal employees order guns for them at cost plus shipping. Well that was not the case and he said that they get guns at 10% above cost plus shipping . Hmmmm, I said (which is true) that there is another gun shop about 7 miles down the street (actually closer to my house) that will order guns at 10% above cost plus shipping for regular customers. Granted this other shop has much fewer guns in stock and not nearly as much in accessories and reloading stuff.
Well that is why I am asking about this TRP Operator because this shop seems to have a higher mark up on guns then other shops. I also think that it might have to do with the fact that they have a indoor pistol range, outdoor bow range, and a gunsmithing shop on hand.
Thanks for any advice,
Crewchief