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| - So, I know this place is terrible. Everyone I have talked to that has done business here has told me it's terrible. I have heard absolute horror stories about the on site "guns smith", and I have personally experienced the rude staff. I think I just have a problem passing a gun shop without stopping to browse. I need help.
On to the story.
So I have bought ammo once or twice here. Mostly because a bunch of idiot are buying everything off the shelf everywhere else, but at the prices this place fields, it's no surprise their shelfs are flush.
So, I've browsed guns here before, never bought, and didn't really pay super close attention to the prices. Day in questions however, I was money in hand and ready to buy. The gun I wanted just happened to be absent from any of the places I would normally go to buy. Again, Guns etc's shelfs are always full if you're willing to spend a bit more, So in I go.
They had what I want, though the price was at least 50$ more than anywhere else had quoted me, but I was willing to drop the 50$ on this day to walk out with it in hand. So, first the guys behind the counter can't be bothered to help with anything. I got one guy chatting away aimlessly (Bs chatting not showing, or talking about a item) but pointedly avoiding anyone that looked like they might like to see a gun, and the other guy reading a paper. Anyhow I waited and eventually got someone to help me out.
Up to this point I still would have bought the gun, but then the guy showing me the gun is a snobby jerk. Now I am not buying a bad pistol here XDM .40. The guy behind the counter acts like I am buying dog turds.
I am making small talk while I look over the models they have. I think I asked the guy what he thinks of the XMD or if he has heard anything about them from customers. I have already done my research and I own an XD already, again just making small talk. The guy, with an air of superiority, tells me, "I have a 1911." Well kudos to you, so do I, but that's not the only gun on the planet.
Anyhow, If I wanted some one gun fan boy to tell me what the right gun to buy is I would go on the GlockTalk forum. I'm here though, so, I go with it. I am a 1911 fan too, not to the exclusion of everything else, but hey. So I talk 1911 a bit. Turns out, this dude wouldn't know a gun from the thing dangling between his thighs. Didn't know anything about anything I asked him about. This guy might have never shot a gun before for all he seemed to know about the subject.
I'd already handed the gun I wanted back and was thinking of walking out when the idiot sealed the deal for me. I was looking at some smaller hand guns for my wife. I happened to mention that my wife had some difficulty with working the slide on some of my higher caliber pistols. The guy proceeds to show me the slide release lever on a pistol and tells me that someone doesn't have to be able to work the slide to use the pistol for self defense........ How stupid a response is that? First of all I had just handled a variety of handguns and demonstrated that I understood their basic function. But, worst of all, thats not only dumb advice, it's irresponsible. Suggesting someone carry a gun they are not capable of operating fully for self defense is downright dangerous. My wife shoots just fine, but I wouldn't put a gun in her purse that she couldn't disassemble and reassemble on her own, let alone one she couldn't clear a jam from.
I can deal with snobby jerks, but when it comes to forgiving people their shortcomings I have a rule. You can be an a$$hole, or an idiot, but you shouldn't be both.
Not a great story, no damage to my guns, or money lost. Just a bad customer service experience. I'm not even that surprised being that I have been in there before. Someone else just told me they were in there the other day and it sucked, and it reminded me I wanted to post a review.
I wanted the gun that day so I could shoot it on a camping trip the coming weekend. Sadly I walked out with my money still in my pocket and got it someplace else for almost 70$ less. Anyhow, My wife thanks guns etc. for killing my new gun excitement enough to get me to shop around and save some money.
I won't be coming back even to browse. Much better gun shops around.
Sorry this was sloppy had to run out at the end
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