Something must have changed at Barnes & Noble!

[Jubei]

The Barnes & Nobles around Chicago are pretty decent about their gun rags. And when you buy them you don't get that pathetic peace-nik attitude that I usually get at Borders from their blue-haired, pierce-faced, coffee-clutching dill-monkeys.

Jubei

 

[Standing Wolf]

Actually, I would have to agree with that policy since it does verify if you are actually that person writing the check (your checkbook may be stolen, which would give the account holder valid reason for contesting the check). I suggest that you remove your license number the checks. The less information on the check, the better for you.

Bunkum! Barnes & Noble cares about fake checks that will leave it up the creek for the purchases, not whether mine have been stolen.

My bank's 800 number "service" just refused to honor an order for new checks with my driver's license number. I called my banker and let her know my dollars are eminently portable.

I flatly refuse to live in fear of criminals.

 

[entropy]

B&N usually has a good selection of gun mags and books around here; I like to confuse the coffee bar yahoos by perusing G&A and Gnosis in the same sitting.

Why would you voluntarily have your DL# pre-printed on your check? Not good, security-wise. Those that truly need it, can ask.( And thus verify address and such in one fell swoop, as it were) Many don't, though, and that's fine with me also. What scares me is the number of cashiers that ask to see my ID for my credit cards (I have 'SEE ID' written on the back of them) after they swipe it through!

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

I picked up a copy of SWAT at B&N on Preston last night. Decent selection of 'the usual' gun mags with slick paper and splashy colors. The Borders nearer my house has a lesser selection, but a selection, nonetheless.

I once worked in management at a Borders in Dallas, until it became wholly unbearable. My insolent employee was sleeping with my GM and you can imagine who won that argument about responsibilities and duties.

After that I figured it was time to go back to making a real living.


Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[eclipse1]

barnes and nobles in the left coast is always full of gun magazines and gun related reading materials. the magazines are usually in stock here.
i wish i could say the same thing about the guns being approved for sale :banghead:

 

[Brasspolisher]

I bought a stack at a B&N in the Bay Area, and added <i>Cooking Light<i/> and <i>The Economist</i> as 'bookends' while I was browsing (to both 'tactically shield' them , and, well, 'cause I like reading 'em -- y'all please be gentle ). When I got to the counter, in between the 'beeps' of the cash register I said "I'm not some Rambo-Dude or anything, I just like guns." The slightly-bored gent working the machine said "Hey, me, too, I go to Jackson Arms sometimes."

Not exactly a Corporate Blessing(tm), but there are good guys in our midst -- unlike the time I picked up a copy of 'Shotgun News' at the local Safeway and the cashier went "Holy &*^@!?!?! -- we're selling this stuff here?!?!?!"

 

[Kenneth Lew]

Bunkum! Barnes & Noble cares about fake checks that will leave it up the creek for the purchases, not whether mine have been stolen.

You will be suprise to find how many scruplous people would abuse personal checks.

My bank's 800 number "service" just refused to honor an order for new checks with my driver's license number. I called my banker and let her know my dollars are eminently portable.

To be honest, unless you have a couple of million of dollars, the bank would no give a damm about you.

I flatly refuse to live in fear of criminals.

Check accptance policy from the company not you.

Kenneth Lew

 

[c_yeager]

I wrote a check for my purchases. The self-inflicted genius behind the counter demanded to see my driver's license. I explained the number is printed on my check. She still wanted to see my driver's license. I asked whether she thought I'm a thief. She said no, it's actually for my own protection. I told her in plain English, "That's a lie."

Gee, and here i am demanding that retailors ask for ID, if you think people dont still try to pass stolen/fake checks then you are flat out wrong. I worked for a meer couple years in a grocery store and we had more people arrested for this than for shoplifting.

Bunkum! Barnes & Noble cares about fake checks that will leave it up the creek for the purchases, not whether mine have been stolen.

Which is completely within their rights. I wont take a personal check without ID either.

flatly refuse to live in fear of criminals.

And so does Barnes and Noble, hence why they check your ID.

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

I was browsing near the gun book section at a Barnes and Nobles a couple of years ago, and a manager strolled over with a couple of new employees, explaining all the sections to them. When they got to the gun section, she pointed to it and said, with a disgusted expression and tone of voice, "Yes, we have to carry these books too."

 

[torpid]

I was at a Barnes & Noble yesterday.

I wrote a check for my purchases. The self-inflicted genius behind the counter demanded to see my driver's license. I explained the number is printed on my check. She still wanted to see my driver's license. I asked whether she thought I'm a thief. She said no, it's actually for my own protection. I told her in plain English, "That's a lie."

She looked just awfully hurt.

She rang up the sale, and asked whether I wanted the receipt in the bag or in hand.

That particular store does, indeed, carry shooting magazines; its customer "service," however, is so antagonistic that I generally driver miles farther to patronize a book shop where I'm not treated as a criminal.

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I feel for folks who have to work customer service.

I actually thank those who bother checking my ID- they are sometimes very surprised and relieved.

I smile and tell them that folks who tear into them for confirming ID karmically deserve to be ripped off.


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