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  • H/C/I Stang

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    I visited the range after reading and hearing many great reviews and also to join my girlfriend's family for a shooting session that we had been talking about for some time. Top Gun was chosen since it is relatively central to us all. They had been there some time before I had and when I showed up, I was dealt with in a relatively timely manner. They seemed to be fairly busy, but they rung me up for the $15 range fee and I joined them on a lane. This is where one of their mistakes was made. I started shooting with them and about 15-20 minutes into the session, a young man comes out and tells us that our time is up. I thought, well, their time is up but I paid for an hour of shooting, so I'll just take the lane. I went into the main register area and spoke with a gentlemen who I thought would help solve the matter. I told him the situation about how I came to join them about 20 minutes ago and that their time was up, but I wanted to stay on their lane for the remainder of the time I purchased. He told me, "Well, that was your call." and started to speak to another customer, dismissing me. I told him, "Wait a minute. I paid for a full hour and you're telling me I can only have 20 minutes of it?" He again repeated that it was "my call." I asked him what my call was, exactly. He summarized what I had told him, I agreed. He then said, "You made that decision. The decision to join them on a lane which they had been on for some time." I agreed once more. He then went into some spiel about how the group I was joining occupied three lanes instead of the two they were originally supposed to be on. I knew nothing of this, as it happened before I had even left the house. I told him that anything about that was not my business with him. He then told me, "This is the way it's going to happen. I'll give you your extra 40 minutes, but you'll have to wait on the list." which he then pointed to showing about six to eight people ahead, "Or you can just leave." I told him, "I'm not going to wait on a list when everyone else is ready to go, just so you can give me the remaining time you did not specify when I was paying that I would not be able to have until I wait again. You did not tell me that they (the party I was with) only had 20 minutes remaining and did not ask if I still wanted to join them although it would cost me for an hour." Had the staff told me that, I would not have joined them until I spoke with them and affirmed that they would want to shoot again, an hour later. The man told me again about my two choices, "Wait on the list or just go", to which I responded again, "Oh, we're leaving, but that's not good enough. I want to speak to your manager. Where is your manager?" He looked dumbfounded as if he is the manager and told me, "I'm really busy," to which I interrupted with, "I'm not trying to make it difficult, I just want what I paid for or for me to get my money back." He then answered, "You want your money back?! You know what, ______, give him his money back!" Obviously flustered by my nuisance, he was speaking to another employee. Mind you, everything in quotations is verbatim. He was raising his arms and speaking to me in a tone that was not necessary. He treated me this way in front of all the people waiting in line. I accepted his terms, went back to the range, grabbed my things, and walked back to the counter to return the eye/ear protection and to collect my refund. BUSINESS MUST BE GOOD FOR THE SUPPOSED "MANAGER" TO TREAT A CUSTOMER THIS WAY! I WILL NOT BE COMING BACK, I WILL BE TELLING OTHERS ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE, AND I WILL BE POSTING THIS ON VARIOUS TEXAS GUN FORUMS IN HOPES OF SAVING THEM THE RUDE TREATMENT THE STAFF GIVES!
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    Mikewood

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    I have never had a problem with top gun. They have always been professional
    With me. Sounds like they were kind of rude to you even though you could have shown the range officer your printed receipt with the time and date stamp and he would have most likley let you keep shooting. In the end you got to shoot 20 minutes and got a full refund. Your party was allowed to occupy three lanes when they only paid for two during peak time when there were people waiting to shoot.
    I think you got a fair deal and the range was the one that got the shaft.
     

    jared07

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    i think mikewood sucks some wood...being shat on my employees is no way to consider something a fair dea.... and PEW PEW PEW LASERS EVERYBODY GET DOWN!!! sounds like a bunch of cocksuckers over ther still...ive had numerous problems at top gun...the only thing i plan on shooting there ever again is spunk....and i still have a coolant leak....top gun can go to hell
     

    1rightguy

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    There's no crying in shooting. Taking the clerk hurting your feelings out of the equasion, I think TG is right. Assuming there was a line when you arrived, why would it be fair for you to jump the line that way? Toughen up, it's a gun range not Macy's. They made you whole.
     

    craigntx

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    i think mikewood sucks some wood...being shat on my employees is no way to consider something a fair dea.... and PEW PEW PEW LASERS EVERYBODY GET DOWN!!! sounds like a bunch of cocksuckers over ther still...ive had numerous problems at top gun...the only thing i plan on shooting there ever again is spunk....and i still have a coolant leak....top gun can go to hell
    interesting 1st post....

    i haven't been back since they told me i can't shoot non-reloadable brass..guess it makes it hard to sort out to sell/reload the good stuff smh
     

    Tactikewl

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    If this was about a week ago on friday. I was there , waiting patiently, these guys are already stressed out dealing with the general public and are on edge trying to keep track of all the dangerous people walking around. Before you came out of your lane there was a group of about 6 people that came in, who obviously have a literary deficiency carrying a loaded weapon in a shoulder holster when it says in a big sign on the front door that all weapons need to be cased or concealed if you have a chl. Arguing with the range master is like arguing with the lady at the DPS office about your drivers license it just doesn't jive. I have been shooting there weekly for quite some time. Yes they get buisy but trust me I have been to FAR WORSE ranges. Like Bailey's house of guns with Ma Bailey yelling in your ear "Slow down your movin to fast. Your gonna hurt yourself"
     

    TexasRedneck

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    Several 1st-time posters, all with 'tudes....interesting.

    My take on it is this: Yeah - you paid for an hour, but joined a lane already in progress. Once their time was up, you lost the "head of line" privilege their presence provided for, and the balance of your time would have to rotate back behind those already waiting - otherwise, folks could tie up a lane all day just by rotating in and out.
    Kinda sounds to me like there was a little vitriol on both sides - but in the end, you "got over" on 'em. Congrats. See ya!
     

    45tex

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    Defending crappy service? If the idiot counter person can't handle the pressure he should work someplace else. I don't understasnd how anyone condones crappy service. You go, you pay, you don't get what you paid for, you have to argue for a refund, and some slob says, hey you got a refund and a few minutes to shoot you got a good deal. I agree with the OP, time to vote with your feet and shoot elsewhere. Hell the service is even better at the criminal sportsman outlet and stolen gun storage unit in Humble.
     

    Texasjack

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    Fair or not fair, it doesn't seem like it was handled very well by the range. If you treat customers like crap, they'll find other places to go. "Stress" is not a reason for a businessman to be rude. So there were idiots that showed up a the range - that's a daily occurrance, not something new. Even if you think the customer is wrong, slow things down and make an effort to get it straightened out
     

    TexasRedneck

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    Oh, I agree - IF as presented, the range handled it poorly. Thing is, with multiple 1st-time posters jumpin' into the same string, it kinda seems a bit "set-up" to me. May very well be that he started the conversation by jumpin' in the range guys' stuff, y'know?
     

    jared07

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    Lol at first time post bs....people actually think someone would take the time to make multiple accounts and post shit for no reason....

    lol newbs lol
     

    SIG_Fiend

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    Lol at first time post bs....people actually think someone would take the time to make multiple accounts and post shit for no reason....

    lol newbs lol


    Yeah, actually we do, it's happened before. Just saying, it makes us wonder, but we give people the benefit of the doubt.

    If all the facts are as presented in the story, the RO could have handled that differently. If it were me in the same exact situation, I would have just left you on one of the lanes and opened up the other 2 to the next people in line rather than making an unnecessary scene. Speaking from personal experience, I have dealt with many issues of people just feeling free to take whatever lanes they want (not saying you guys did, just speaking generally) even though they were given a specific lane for a reason. Simply put, it screws everything up when you have lots of people in line, lanes that may be for specific purposes (damaged lanes which are restricted to short range only, etc), etc.
     

    shipwreck

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    Lol at first time post bs....people actually think someone would take the time to make multiple accounts and post shit for no reason....

    lol newbs lol

    Hell, as a prev admin of a gun site - I've seen people create 2 different accounts and then argue with them selves. So, after that, I can believe anything.
     

    TexasRedneck

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    Got a newsflash for ya thar, sonny....when the other posters are long-standing members that smell sumthin', ah think it'd be in yer best interest ta check yer britches.
     

    cseale86

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    just go to one of the stinkadena indoor ranges.
    never any hassles at those

    Those are my favorite kind.Sometimes they don't even bother charging range fees if they aren't too busy.

    As for the original post,if you don't like it don't go back.I don't see any real reason in trashing a range that obviously has business they can afford lose.Hell they have tactical pistol classes that are upwards of $700 bucks.I myself like to be able to double tap and draw from a holster which from what i read online was against their normal range rules.So rather than be a shit spoon i just don't go there.

    Look at it this way you got your money back and got to shoot. I guess i'm missing the major issue.
     
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