Tried to buy a gun at Academy-will NEVER make that mistake again
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Similar problem buying at Dick's
Caj,
I had similar problem buying at Dick's in Paducah KY in November with my FIRST & LAST firearm purchase at their store.
Remington shotguns on sale.
Youth model NOT marked with sale price.
First CLUCK(sic) - they are not included.
Showed him the ad with specific mention of youth model included.
Paged Second CLUCK(sic) who checked - Yes it should have been marked.
Filled out 4473 - First CLUCK(sic) doe online entry and fiddles around.
I finally mention that it DOES NOT take that it does NOT take twenty minutes and it should have been done long ago.
First CLUCK(sic) tells me that it takes time.
I told him that I had called many into NICS when I worked at a pawn shop and it was MUCH QUICKER with a telephone.
First CLUCK(sic) gets PROCEED. Pages Second CLUCK(sic).
Second CLUCK(sic) proofreads everything very slowly.
Second CLUCK(sic) pages the Department Manager.
Department Manager also proofreads everything very slowly.
THREE STOOGES (Manager and BOTH CLUCKS(sic)) escort me to Checkout.
They carry the shotguns.EVENTUALLY ...
Finally get checkout - store paid.
The THREE STOOGES carry shotguns to my car.
Bekeart
Caj,
I had similar problem buying at Dick's in Paducah KY in November with my FIRST & LAST firearm purchase at their store.
Remington shotguns on sale.
Youth model NOT marked with sale price.
First CLUCK(sic) - they are not included.
Showed him the ad with specific mention of youth model included.
Paged Second CLUCK(sic) who checked - Yes it should have been marked.
Filled out 4473 - First CLUCK(sic) doe online entry and fiddles around.
I finally mention that it DOES NOT take that it does NOT take twenty minutes and it should have been done long ago.
First CLUCK(sic) tells me that it takes time.
I told him that I had called many into NICS when I worked at a pawn shop and it was MUCH QUICKER with a telephone.
First CLUCK(sic) gets PROCEED. Pages Second CLUCK(sic).
Second CLUCK(sic) proofreads everything very slowly.
Second CLUCK(sic) pages the Department Manager.
Department Manager also proofreads everything very slowly.
THREE STOOGES (Manager and BOTH CLUCKS(sic)) escort me to Checkout.
They carry the shotguns.EVENTUALLY ...
Finally get checkout - store paid.
The THREE STOOGES carry shotguns to my car.
Bekeart
cmort666
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Why would you name your kid "Moon Unit" or "Dweezil"?
- narcissism?
- you wish you'd never had kids?
- too many of the wrong drugs?
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I have been treated great at the Academy stores down here in South Texas. It's not my first choice for guns but I will buy if the price is right.
I would never buy from Cabelas since the prices are ridiculous.
I would never buy from Cabelas since the prices are ridiculous.
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the ringo kid
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DON'T, insult the Three Stooges. Carry on.
You'll forever be known as that d*mn "Finitial Only" guy by the sales staff at the Academy in Lafayette. Maybe you should change your user name to CajunFinitialOnlyLawyer?
Reminds me of the stand up routine by Henry Cho's story. He recounts a story of his buddy J.B. Stewart (the J.B. didn't stand for anything - just J.B.) who filled out his driver's license application as J (only) B (only). His license came back as Jonly Bonly Stewart and that's how he's come to be called Jonly Bonly.
https://youtu.be/U7_3xxQXgFs
meaneyedcatz
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Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory!
My sister's husband's father (now about 80) has no first or middle name. Only the initials J. B. He swears that when he was drafted during the Korean war the clerk insisted that he had to have names rather than just initials. Thinking quickly, he decided to be Joe Bob. He said the whole time he was in the Army he was referred to as B . . . Job.
Same here in Mississippi. No fuss, no muss.
I will not buy from those box stores and that's the number 1 reason. 2nd is horrendous prices. 3rd is very limited firearms knowledge as a general rule.
I was at a Gander Mountain about a month ago. There were 2 Bushmaster AR15s side by side behind counter. One was marked $799 the other $1099. I asked the "gun guy" what the difference was between the 2 as there looked identical from where I stood. He looked at the tags and said with a straight face. 1 was a .223 the other a 5.56 Nato [emoji12]. I walked out shaking my head...
I was at a Gander Mountain about a month ago. There were 2 Bushmaster AR15s side by side behind counter. One was marked $799 the other $1099. I asked the "gun guy" what the difference was between the 2 as there looked identical from where I stood. He looked at the tags and said with a straight face. 1 was a .223 the other a 5.56 Nato [emoji12]. I walked out shaking my head...
At least he didn't say "$300."
I find Gander's pricing on firearms to be the highest of any of those stores. But, man, they have a crud load of guns in stock.
model70hunter
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I went into the local Academy, 100 better than Cabelas or Dicks, they kept coming by asking me if they could help. Nice folks and some guns are priced right, like some of the combat shotguns.
I mentioned a guy, Caj, I blog with highly recommends them. Man did things speed up, they moved all females to the other side of the store and had me outside pointing toward the direction of Dicks in a heart beat.
I mentioned a guy, Caj, I blog with highly recommends them. Man did things speed up, they moved all females to the other side of the store and had me outside pointing toward the direction of Dicks in a heart beat.
williamlayton
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Confession is good for the soul.
It would be good if Academy would put a step-stool on our side of the counter so when we have to stand on it, to get attention, it would be easier on the knees.
Blessings
It would be good if Academy would put a step-stool on our side of the counter so when we have to stand on it, to get attention, it would be easier on the knees.
Blessings
the ringo kid
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If you want to irritate clerks? get them to hand you several 'guns of interest' and make sure your oily hands touch well metal parts. Makes em have to do more floor model maintenance.
Wiping down after a look see only happens at LGS in my area.
Go to those big box stores and if it fell in a puddle those clowns would just put it back on the rack and allow it to dip dry. Then they would go back to one of the other department they cover like sheets & blankets or baby clothes!
shlike
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This is why I buy all my guns online, either from Bud's or Grab-A-Gun. Great prices, great inventory, fast shipping (free with Bud's and $5.99 flat rate with Grab-A-Gun). I have a local kitchen-table FFL that charges me $15.00 to do a transfer.
I am astonished when I see the prices that Gander and Bass Pro charge for guns. Even their "sale" prices are outrageously high compared to online sellers. As others have said in this thread, the "firearms specialists" don't have a clue what they are talking about, and it takes forever to get waited on. My local Gander had several used M&P .40 FS in the case when I went there recently (probably police trades). They were all in very bad condition and they were asking $550.00 for them, which is considerably more than the price of a new one online. I couldn't believe that when I saw it.
LGS's are not much better, at least in my area. Prices are high, inventory is poor, and the proprietor is usually smoking and shooting the bull with his old fart buddies (BTW I am 65, so I get to say "Old Fart") who hang around (and probably never buy anything), and then acts like he is doing you a favor by waiting on you.
No thanks, I'll stick to buying my guns online.
I am astonished when I see the prices that Gander and Bass Pro charge for guns. Even their "sale" prices are outrageously high compared to online sellers. As others have said in this thread, the "firearms specialists" don't have a clue what they are talking about, and it takes forever to get waited on. My local Gander had several used M&P .40 FS in the case when I went there recently (probably police trades). They were all in very bad condition and they were asking $550.00 for them, which is considerably more than the price of a new one online. I couldn't believe that when I saw it.
LGS's are not much better, at least in my area. Prices are high, inventory is poor, and the proprietor is usually smoking and shooting the bull with his old fart buddies (BTW I am 65, so I get to say "Old Fart") who hang around (and probably never buy anything), and then acts like he is doing you a favor by waiting on you.
No thanks, I'll stick to buying my guns online.
As I've ambled through the posts on this thread I've shaken my head, cringed, and nearly cried from laughing so hard.
In the late 70s - early 80s I worked (part time) in the gun department at H. Cook Sporting goods in Lost Wages. There was a full time gun department manager (Keith) who knew a fair bit about guns, and there were three of us zoomie air traffic controllers as part timers who knew a lot more than Keith because we were interested in guns so we were personally motivated to know about everything in stock.
All three of us wanted to be "on duty" when the store got a delivery, and many of the new guns actually made it into the gun case. We three were official members of what we jokingly referred to as the "gun a month club." (The employee discount didn't hurt.) Keith would sometimes get frustrated because customers would call or come in and ask for one of the three of us by name. The term "multi-tasker" wasn't a thing back then, but we were good at it, and we prided ourselves on great CS.
Another big SG store bought H. Cook. They wanted us to take lie-detector tests as a requisite for continued employment. My two pals said, "No way," and quit. I took the test out of curiosity, then quit. Keith stayed on, and he hired more part timers to fill the void. When I'd go back in to check their stock I would find the folks cajunlawyer described in his opening post. They wanted a pay check, but they truly had no personal interest in learning about what they were selling to get that rent, gas, and food money.
Go into any big liquor store today and it's the same way. Most clerks couldn't begin to tell you the difference between a Scotch blend and a single malt. So it goes.
Is the customer always right? Well, it depends..., doesn't it?
In the late 70s - early 80s I worked (part time) in the gun department at H. Cook Sporting goods in Lost Wages. There was a full time gun department manager (Keith) who knew a fair bit about guns, and there were three of us zoomie air traffic controllers as part timers who knew a lot more than Keith because we were interested in guns so we were personally motivated to know about everything in stock.
All three of us wanted to be "on duty" when the store got a delivery, and many of the new guns actually made it into the gun case. We three were official members of what we jokingly referred to as the "gun a month club." (The employee discount didn't hurt.) Keith would sometimes get frustrated because customers would call or come in and ask for one of the three of us by name. The term "multi-tasker" wasn't a thing back then, but we were good at it, and we prided ourselves on great CS.
Another big SG store bought H. Cook. They wanted us to take lie-detector tests as a requisite for continued employment. My two pals said, "No way," and quit. I took the test out of curiosity, then quit. Keith stayed on, and he hired more part timers to fill the void. When I'd go back in to check their stock I would find the folks cajunlawyer described in his opening post. They wanted a pay check, but they truly had no personal interest in learning about what they were selling to get that rent, gas, and food money.
Go into any big liquor store today and it's the same way. Most clerks couldn't begin to tell you the difference between a Scotch blend and a single malt. So it goes.
Is the customer always right? Well, it depends..., doesn't it?
