Where was this at?Yea, there was a local gun shop and range that was owned and operated by a very nice couple. He had his interests and she had her interests and they employed a handful of equally "nice" people, each of whom had a different interest which all collectively complimented each other. One of the female employees, who was the specialist in black powder stuff, developed cancer and we all had a benefit for her. Well.... one day this very great couple decided to retire and sold the business to a "ring knocker" who knew everything about everything worth knowing. The place went downhill fast in lots of ways, less reloading inventory, a lot dirtier - downright filthy, prices went way up and all that was on the shelf was black plastic "tacti-cool" stuff. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, it became the preferred local place to commit suicide. I don't remember if it was after seeing the 3rd or 4th body laying on the floor in a pool of blood that I decided using the range wasn't worth it any longer. In some places they didn't even bother getting all of the blood stains out of the concrete floor.
I usually give a shop a few tries to not disappoint.Has a local gun shop ever done anything that would make you not shop there again, after years of shopping at that establishment?
I usually give a shop a few tries to not disappoint.
The fastest way to never see me again is tell me "you don't want that. You want this."
It's about attitude and arrogance. Too many people behind the counter believe they are weapons experts and master class ninja/tactical instructors.
Some behind the counter really are super experts, but it's not hard to spot the phonies. Most gun shops cannot afford to hire a weapons expert or high end instructor to sell firearms.
Now, if I am working with a guy/gal who is humble and interested in meeting my firearm needs, that's a shop I will return to for years to come.
And, for me at least, that's for any place of business.
I wouldn't have given him $55 for the transfer and told him I was calling ATF because he wouldn't relinquish your firearm.I have 2 local shops I refuse to spend money in any more. One I used to buy new and used guns fairly regularly, used him for several transfers and even had his gunsmith do work on several weapons. I put a like-new Browning Mountain TI in .308 on consignment for about a month or so with him. It didn't sell, so I decided to list it on GB and went to his store to pick it up. He required I do a transfer for my own rifle as it had to be logged into and out of his bound book. Well, ok. And then he charged me his $55 transfer fee to boot. Not so ok. (It sold on GB for about $150 more than my asking price in his store.)
Then came the day I went in to retrieve a rifle his gunsmith had worked on for me. The price on the work ticket was nearly 2x his quoted price at the time I dropped it off 2 weeks prior. I asked what's up with that? His reply was "That's what we get for that work."
Sometime later, a product rep I knew who serviced that store, said the owner often bragged about how well he could size up gunsmithing customer's ability to pay and the maximum amount he could squeeze them for.
I haven't been back.
I guess some people seem to forget that without beating a thread to death or making new threads we wouldn't have a forum to begin with. When you start closing threads because one person doesn't want to see it anymore this place will turn into other forums where you only see 2-3 new posts/threads a week.Well, Have we beaten this to death yet??
Gander Mountain hosed my buddy with an AR and also my brother with an AR. My buddies grandfather passed and left him like $30k so he goes out and gets like a $1200 AR from that store with a nice scope, bipod, etc. Money got tight about a year later and he sold Gander the AR. $400 for the AR, scope and bipod. A week later we went in there and it sat on the used rack for about $1k. They told him they don't pay for scopes and accessories and that's why he got $400. Well looks like they are charging for scopes and accessories. I knew a guy who worked at Gander and one day a man came in with a S&W 5906 type gun and was told they would give him $100 for it. Gander employee said they would sell it for $350-400.Exactly Ohio, when the other tread closed 3 years ago, alot can happen between then and maybe better stories. Love this forum and i hope it stays this way.
But back on track, I went to a local place a few years ago. Know it all people. unless you were buying the latest and greatest, you would not get great service. Been stopping there for every now and then for about 15 years, until i saw this. Man and his son were in there (just them, me and a counter guy). The boy was about 13 or so, looking to trade in his 22lr for a hunting rifle. the clerk only offered him 25 for the 22. Said it was not worth much, its uncommon. it will need parts, ETC. The kid said ok. That riled me up, so i offered the kid $100 bucks for it, sight unseen. The guy told me to leave and that it was illegal to buy from a person, i told them i will be in the parking lot. So they came out and i bought it. found out it was a ruger 10/22 target modal.
Yea, there was a local gun shop and range that was owned and operated by a very nice couple. He had his interests and she had her interests and they employed a handful of equally "nice" people, each of whom had a different interest which all collectively complimented each other. One of the female employees, who was the specialist in black powder stuff, developed cancer and we all had a benefit for her. Well.... one day this very great couple decided to retire and sold the business to a "ring knocker" who knew everything about everything worth knowing. The place went downhill fast in lots of ways, less reloading inventory, a lot dirtier - downright filthy, prices went way up and all that was on the shelf was black plastic "tacti-cool" stuff. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, it became the preferred local place to commit suicide. I don't remember if it was after seeing the 3rd or 4th body laying on the floor in a pool of blood that I decided using the range wasn't worth it any longer. In some places they didn't even bother getting all of the blood stains out of the concrete floor.
There are laws in some places that mispriced items must be sold for the lowest marked price.Yes Murl's Gun Shop in Granbury TX. I was there a few years ago and he had 500 and 1000 rds boxes of lead bullets sitting on the floor and there were prices on them. I picked up a couple to buy and he said, "You know those prices are old and I'm not going to sell them for that price". He jacked up the prices and I left them on the counter and left an never returned.