I was honestly sitting here thinking, “ I wonder how they explained the hole in the wall the next day”.I mean, it'll feed alright. It'll also blast a hole in whatever unfortunate thing the gun is pointed at.
I was honestly sitting here thinking, “ I wonder how they explained the hole in the wall the next day”.I mean, it'll feed alright. It'll also blast a hole in whatever unfortunate thing the gun is pointed at.
is this a gun store or a car dealership? Awful
A screaming deal of $100 is what suckered me into hi point ownership last week"So. What's it going to take to get you in a new Hi-Point today?"
A screaming deal of $100 is what suckered me into hi point ownership last week
I went to a LGS looking to buy a spare mag for my 1911A1. Asked the guy at the counter for a "Standard 7 round magazine for a GI 1911A1 in .45 caliber". He swore up and down that nobody had ever made a 7 round magazine for the 1911. Then he tried to sell me an 8 round 9mm mag for a compact 1911.
I haven't gone back to that store.
Or the times I saw a neat s&w revolver in a case, and had to do the whole "no i want to see the S&W. No thats a sig, and not even a revolver. No up one gun, no to your left, no not the Gp100". I finally got it out, and was a pre lock 66, -1 iirc. Guy said it was a registered magnum, and ultra rare.
I'm not very good at giving the "you're a retard look", but i tried my best that day
I witnessed a similar experience at a local store recently involving a rather large young red headed fellow who might be best described as a ADHD case on Cocaine.Alternate thread title - Is customer service really this dead?
OK, what's the right response to this situation?
I walk into a gun shop. I'm greeted immediately by a guy who's anxious to show me something, anything. I tell him I'm just browsing to see if any interesting used/old stuff has come in. I'm obviously headed to the case where the old guns taken in on trade are kept.
Without me asking, he puts a reproduction SAA in my hands, then calls attention to some repro shotguns and rifles. I glance over the Glock case and ask if a particular one is a Gen 5 and he pulls it out. I ask if that's a Ruger charger behind the counter. It was and it was.
I didn't ask him to show me stuff. I had told him I was just browsing for interesting used stuff. Yet he put all this rapid-fire effort into trying to shove into my hands anything even slightly related to any small talk I was making. I just wanted him to leave me alone to look at the stuff with the "used" tags.
Then he looks square at me and asks "Are you going to buy anything today?"
"No."
I had been making that clear and trying not to waste his time since I stepped in the door. He just frowned at me and walked away.
And I just walked out.
The encounter really left me in a sour mood, something that's the opposite of the way I usually feel when leaving a gun store.
So is this normal? Am I supposed to buy a gun within 90 seconds of entering a shop or else be made to feel unwelcome?
Well it says "magnum" on the frame, and the text on the side says "Registradas"A registered magnum, you say? Did it come with the registration papers? You'll need those if you ever put it out to stud.
Where I grew up was like that.I think that is what I love the most about living in a small town. There are three gun stores that I frequent and only 1 is strictly a gun store. The other two sell other items and the gun stores, though well stocked, are not their main source of revenue.
I've had the same experience at a car dealership. I was ready to buy and they had the car I wanted. It took forever for anyone to notice or help me. The salesman tried to show me a dozen other cars. Finally, he got exasperated and walked me to the back of the lot and pointed at exactly the car I wanted. I stepped over to it, looked in the window, and started to say "Have you got the keys for a test drive?" as I turned around. I only got out the first couple of words. The salesman was already 30 yards away and booking it back to the main sales floor. I left and wound up getting something else.is this a gun store or a car dealership? Awful
BTDT.It's damn near impossible for a young guy who actually knows about guns to get a job at a gun store
Y'know, I've never bothered to start a spreadsheet before...You could always try Carter Country. Hehehe.
You may have overpaid...
Ben,Where I grew up was like that.
I've had the same experience at a car dealership. I was ready to buy and they had the car I wanted. It took forever for anyone to notice or help me. The salesman tried to show me a dozen other cars. Finally, he got exasperated and walked me to the back of the lot and pointed at exactly the car I wanted. I stepped over to it, looked in the window, and started to say "Have you got the keys for a test drive?" as I turned around. I only got out the first couple of words. The salesman was already 30 yards away and booking it back to the main sales floor. I left and wound up getting something else.
Oddly, I don't even remember the car. I just remember that salesman silently running away from me because he had already decided I was just a tire-kicker.
BTDT.
Y'know, I've never bothered to start a spreadsheet before...