I was at my local gun store last night picking up the karma win gun (thanks again, Muddyboot!) and a guy walks in and asks the counter guys if they do "professional gun cleaning". The store guys look at each other in confusion and ask the guy "What kind of gun?". The guy replies telling them it's a Glock. At this point I had to conceal a smile knowing we were in for some humor. The customer goes on to explain that his father borrowed the gun and put 150 rounds through it and it's very dirty. The store guys ask him if he needs a cleaning kit and point to the shelf with the kits. The guy says no, he has a cleaning kit, but wants the gun "professionally cleaned". By now, everyone in the store is quiet and listening to this conversation. The store guys, not knowing what else to say, tell him no, they don't do gun cleaning, sorry, and the guy thanks them and leaves.
We all had a laugh at this afterwards but it got me thinking later last night. Sure, the idea of a Glock requiring a "professional cleaning" after only 150 rounds sounds ridiculous, but at the same time I think the shop blew an opportunity to make some money and perhaps gain or maintain a repeat customer. Surely there are times during the day when these guys working the store don't have much to do and could be cleaning a gun, so why not call it a "professional cleaning" and charge the guy $25 or so for the service? He'd be happy his gun got "professionally cleaned" and the store would make a few bucks for basically no work at all. I think it it were my store and I was behind the counter, I would have told the guy, "Oh, yeah, we do that, no problem, bring it in."
We all had a laugh at this afterwards but it got me thinking later last night. Sure, the idea of a Glock requiring a "professional cleaning" after only 150 rounds sounds ridiculous, but at the same time I think the shop blew an opportunity to make some money and perhaps gain or maintain a repeat customer. Surely there are times during the day when these guys working the store don't have much to do and could be cleaning a gun, so why not call it a "professional cleaning" and charge the guy $25 or so for the service? He'd be happy his gun got "professionally cleaned" and the store would make a few bucks for basically no work at all. I think it it were my store and I was behind the counter, I would have told the guy, "Oh, yeah, we do that, no problem, bring it in."