Wow... I wonder how many of you guys have ever waited 15 minutes for their food at a restaurant? How dare them take the time to actually COOK food and not have it instantly ready for you...:banghead:
I'm working in a gun store now, and that's the same mentality that we get with customers who just can't imagine why we don't have 10 different choices of the particular brand-new-to-the-market gun they've
read about and why we don't have it in THEIR particular caliber and with the accessories they've decided they can't live without...
I've actually had people "cuss me out" because we didn't have some particular caliber ammo that they wanted because they suddenly decided to go shoot Grandpa's old 32-20 or some exotic caliber "that Wal-Mart doesn't carry". If we happen to have it in stock, they raise hell about how much it costs, and then act like they're doing us a great favor by buying the cheapest box they can find... usually just before asking if we can't give them a better price.
I shop prices for shooting supplies just like anybody else, but I don't expect suppliers to carry every piece of equipment I read about, or have the latest firearms in stock 20 minutes after the magazine advertising it hits the newstands. Shooters have some of the most unrealistic expectations I've ever seen.
I've bought a ton of ammo from Wal-Mart, mainly because they had it and it was "usable" for range shooting. I've also bought a bunch from dealers at the gun shows, and have a "call in order" with one of the manufacturers who travels to our local gun shows. I don't go off on them if they don't have exactly what I want, or start threatening to boycott them because they don't drop what they're doing to rush over and fill my order.
I bought a reloading press and equipment so I can make my own ammo if necessary... but I don't shout at the supplier if they don't have the particular powder I need... I just shop around until I find it. This whole thread reads like some people need to grow up and get over their "instant gratification" fits.
Our shop has 1600 guns in it, and am asked daily "Why don't you have one of these (particular gun) in stock?" If they get nasty, I tell them "The distributor sent me 10, and you're the 11th customer"...."why didn't you come in sooner?"
I won't detail how many phone calls we get at the shop from somebody who "just can't believe that you don't have a XXX gun in stock", and then run off some specific description that reads like a pathology report of stainless barrels, composite stocks, night sights, twist rates, optics, and accessories of a gun that's been on the market for maybe 10 days, or one that's been out of production for 5 years.
WT