Almost DOUBLE THE PRICE....
I recently had a rifle shipped to Gander Mountain because they were a FFL dealer.
Everyone of the choice of FFL dealers you could ship the rifle to was between $20 an $35 dollars for handling the transaction.
I choose Gander Mountain....I mean, You know, National Company...big store. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the would charge 79.95.
I WAS STUNNED!
While I was there I purchased a CASE of shells...looked at another rifle, rifle case...some accessories. Heck, I had found my new go-to-place. Until I want to check out.
It never occurred to me to ask the price of handling the outside rifle purchase....I mean, everyone else was between $20 & $35 dollars....RIGHT!
I had a cow. I asked the clerk and he said he didn't understand why they charged so muck...he had actually questioned it himself. I asked to speak to a supervisor.
My life's experience has taught me that if you give someone a chance to do the right thing...they usually will.
I told the supervisor...I was willing to pay him the $79.95 handling fee even though he was almost double EVERYONE ELSE....But it would be the most expensive $35 the store had ever made because they were going to lose a new customer not to mention I was going to post on every web site I could how OUTRAGEOUS their pricing was.
He agreed and was very nice....until 15 minutes passed and the STORE MANAGER showed up. Not So Nice. I explained once again how out of line their pricing was....I mean, they pricing matching on every other item in the store......but this guy wanted to exact a price.
WHAT WAS THE PRICE....for a reduced fee, nothing less than my admittance that I was threatening him if I did't get a reduction...and I mean he was nose to nose and in my face.
By that time I was insisting that I should pay the radically high fee....and he kept trying to get me to admit I was threatening him with negative post (like this one).
So, he reduced it to $39.95 and lost a customer anyhow.
Why would I..... or anyone want to go to a place where they will brow beat you if you present them with competitions pricing....even though it is their company policy.
I didn't purchase the hard case, shotgun, safe and other items I was looking at....because I know there is some other retail establishment who wants my business.
Academy Sports.....here I come!