tonisman said:
The shop manager is a man who goes by the rules.....if he feels like you are dodging questions or leaving out important info, he won't do the deal. He doesn't care if the shop misses a sale....he just won't do it if it doesn't seem right.
Maybe you brought some "attitude" with you, and maybe you should leave it home next time.
If you like the gun shop thats fine by me, although it seems I'm not the only one to have recieved sub-par service as evidenced by this thread here.
As far as the owner goes, he doesn't go by the rules. The rules state that this transaction was perfectly legal. Of course since its his shop he can make up whatever rules hes wants to, and thats fine with me too. If I think he's a little backwoods, alot ignorant, and doing a disservice to gun owners for the mythical rules that he chooses to live by thats my prerogative as well.
However, "rules" and keeping true to one's word are two completely different things. And where he may qualify for the former, he was completely void of the latter in this case. If he had a problem with the transfer then he should have said so on the phone. There wasn't any new information that was left out of the phone conversation or that was presented once I was in the shop.
As far as "attitude" goes, the only attitude that was there was what was sitting in the back room once I arrived. Being old doesn't make you any more knowledgable or wiser about things than wearing boots and a stetson make you a cowboy. And no matter who you are dealing with.... whether its the reincarnation of John Browning or someone who cant tell the which end of the gun is which... you should always treat them with respect.
Its evident that these two lessons haven't quite dawned on this particular individual yet. And given your tone and "constructive criticism" about my attitude it would appear to me that you both are cut from the same cloth... which of course would explain why you think everythings just dandy down at ol' A&C.
At the end of the day it really doesn't matter. He did what he wanted to and that's fine. Of course I'm free to do what I want to and let others know what happened. Is one lost transfer going to break his bank, nope. Will earning a reputation for poor customer service among the people on this board, their friends, the proprietor of gunshopfinder.com, etc make a difference? Who knows. But I bet if he knew the result of his actions, he would have been a whole lot more polite in turning me down.