wristtwister
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- Mar 28, 2008
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I was in the gun store where I usually do business yesterday, and they had several SIG P226's there which had "just come in". I patiently waited on the sales clerk to come over to wait on me, and the guy was "intercepted" by another customer as he was walking over to me.
This guy obviously knew absolutely nothing about guns, and was talking in circles to the clerk, while I was standing there waiting to buy the Sig. The clerk actually asked me what I wanted, and I told him "I want to buy this Sig", and pointed at the gun I wanted. "I'll be right with you"... was his answer.
He then proceeded to pull all three of the Sigs that he had in the case out and started showing them to the other customer. He even inspected each gun for the guy and recommended which ones he buy (he wanted two)... so my gun walked off in the other customer's hands.
He then came back over to me and asked me "which gun was it you wanted?"
I told him that I wasn't interested in "what was left" since he had just sent the gun I wanted to buy out with the other customer, and he kept saying "Oh, these are such a good buy..."... The problem was that the one I wanted had no holster wear on it, and looked pristine through the glass... and I suspect it was. The one that was left was holster worn and half the finish was worn off the slide.
I told him that he had probably just lost one of their best customers... and I was surprised at his reaction. "What do you mean?" he asked me...
Just in case he was in the slow learner's class, I told him "I pointed at the gun I wanted to buy and you sold it to the guy who walked in and butted in ahead of me. I've bought a gun a month from you guys for the past several months, and I don't appreciate being treated like this".
His reply... "Well, what do you want me to do about it? We've already sold those guns..."
"Never mind," I told him... "I know how to take my business elsewhere... I can just wait and buy my guns at the gun show in a couple of weeks... and I'll be sure and let everybody know how you treat your customers".
I hope they go out of business if that's the best they can do...
WT
This guy obviously knew absolutely nothing about guns, and was talking in circles to the clerk, while I was standing there waiting to buy the Sig. The clerk actually asked me what I wanted, and I told him "I want to buy this Sig", and pointed at the gun I wanted. "I'll be right with you"... was his answer.
He then proceeded to pull all three of the Sigs that he had in the case out and started showing them to the other customer. He even inspected each gun for the guy and recommended which ones he buy (he wanted two)... so my gun walked off in the other customer's hands.
He then came back over to me and asked me "which gun was it you wanted?"
I told him that I wasn't interested in "what was left" since he had just sent the gun I wanted to buy out with the other customer, and he kept saying "Oh, these are such a good buy..."... The problem was that the one I wanted had no holster wear on it, and looked pristine through the glass... and I suspect it was. The one that was left was holster worn and half the finish was worn off the slide.
I told him that he had probably just lost one of their best customers... and I was surprised at his reaction. "What do you mean?" he asked me...
Just in case he was in the slow learner's class, I told him "I pointed at the gun I wanted to buy and you sold it to the guy who walked in and butted in ahead of me. I've bought a gun a month from you guys for the past several months, and I don't appreciate being treated like this".
His reply... "Well, what do you want me to do about it? We've already sold those guns..."
"Never mind," I told him... "I know how to take my business elsewhere... I can just wait and buy my guns at the gun show in a couple of weeks... and I'll be sure and let everybody know how you treat your customers".
I hope they go out of business if that's the best they can do...
WT