LEO918
Member
Well I guess the Cabella's Clerk got the state wrong where the suicide occurred.
New policy at Cabelas
- Thread starter walter o
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A close relative works at Cabela's, this is the policy and it is based on a suicide at a counter. I agree with all of you that this policy will make buying guns a lot less attractive.
Cabela's does have some good deals in the used gun room. But being unable to try them is most likely a deal breaker. We will see if they can continue this policy. Boycott isn't the point, I think sales will dry up regardless.
Cabela's does have some good deals in the used gun room. But being unable to try them is most likely a deal breaker. We will see if they can continue this policy. Boycott isn't the point, I think sales will dry up regardless.
Many of the gunshops and stores have the guns on display and forsale trigger locked now. Wether it helps the store from a legal angle in the event of something like this suicide I don't know.
The idea of never being able to remove the lock to inspect the gun by a potential customer (if I read the orig post correctly) is certainly a downer for the buyer.
Why would anyone want to buy it there,,new or used..
Might just as well buy on-line with no return previleges and at least get a better screwed-me price.
As far as no warranty on a used gun,,I never expect a used gun to have a warranty. But I do expect to be able to look it over carefully in hand!
I trust my visual inspection and instincts when buying. But it's never 100%. But it's a used item after all. History of use is unkn.
I haven't bought a new gun since 1971,,and I wasn't satisfied with that one either. Piece o'Junk H/S derringer, that the factory couldn't/wouldn't even fix. Onward to a career in gunsmithing!
The only Cabelas I've been in is the store in Hamburg, Pa. a few times as I found myself down that way for the Dixon's Gun Fair.
Somewhere to kill time, some nice stuff to look at, but never bought anything. Prices way out of line as far as I was concerned.
It was always packed at the gun counter though I have to admit..
The idea of never being able to remove the lock to inspect the gun by a potential customer (if I read the orig post correctly) is certainly a downer for the buyer.
Why would anyone want to buy it there,,new or used..
Might just as well buy on-line with no return previleges and at least get a better screwed-me price.
As far as no warranty on a used gun,,I never expect a used gun to have a warranty. But I do expect to be able to look it over carefully in hand!
I trust my visual inspection and instincts when buying. But it's never 100%. But it's a used item after all. History of use is unkn.
I haven't bought a new gun since 1971,,and I wasn't satisfied with that one either. Piece o'Junk H/S derringer, that the factory couldn't/wouldn't even fix. Onward to a career in gunsmithing!
The only Cabelas I've been in is the store in Hamburg, Pa. a few times as I found myself down that way for the Dixon's Gun Fair.
Somewhere to kill time, some nice stuff to look at, but never bought anything. Prices way out of line as far as I was concerned.
It was always packed at the gun counter though I have to admit..
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hostler
Member
I was at the Hamburg Cabelas last weekend. I handled a G43. No lock on it or any guns in the cabinet and no lock while I handled it.
Ranger514
Member
I was a fairly frequet Cabela's customer and Club VISA card holder for over a decade. In the past few months, whenever I received a Club flyer or e-mail notice about an in-store sale, and went to the local store to check out items I had an interest in buying, they simply didn't have what they advertised. In all cases, I was in the store within an hour of opening on the day the sale, and was told, "Oh, we don't have that item in stock," "That item was never shipped to us," or blatantly lied to with "Sold the last one yesterday." I've cancelled my Cabela's Club VISA card. I won't do any more business with them.
Something similar happened at the gun counter of a store (not a Cabelas) in my town about 40 yrs ago.
Steve W
LVSteve
Member
Olathe is in Kansas, so the statement by the employee is wrong on multiple fronts . . .
Just curious, but do you think that most of those knowledgeable folks would able to thoroughly evaluate the mechanical condition of a gun with a trigger lock still in place? Because as I understood the OP, the new rules are that the trigger lock doesn't come off until AFTER the sale, and once the cash changes hands, all sales are final.
Still think that sounds reasonable? I don't.
Think they'll sell many used guns under those conditions? Again, I don't.
If that is now their sales model, then they sure won't sell any to me - which is what I understood to be the OP's main point...
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Yup, Olathe - being a suburb of KC - is about 2 miles away from the MO border. So the Cabelas employee was techincally wrong, but not by much - just a couple of miles.
Just curious, but other than the slight error in geography, what are the other "multiple fronts" that you see the employee as being wrong about, Muss?
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bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
Lately, the only thing I get at Cabela's is Herter's brand .357/.38 ammo on double discount sale. I'd gotten a couple firearms from them when they first opened, but wouldn't have if it wore a trigger guard.
The Academy and Palmetto State Armory across the street from our Cabela's must be happy.
The Academy and Palmetto State Armory across the street from our Cabela's must be happy.
joeintexas
US Veteran
Seems to me a lot of the big box stores are way out of line with pricing. Academy had Unique powder for $33.00 a pound, Sportsmans Warehouse had it for $20. I still prefer to do business with the local mom and pops store, but they are getting harder and harder to find.
Not Cabela's, not Missouri . . .
Although Missouri and Kansas both enjoy constitutional carry, I can assure you that since William Quantrill and August of 1863, residents of either state take great umbrage with being confused with the other . . .
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bushmaster1313
Member
Because of high local prices and low local selection I buy my ammo online. With my Cabelas VISA card I get 1% cash back and I use it when I find ammo at a reasonable price and $5.00 shipping.
sigp220.45
US Veteran
I’ve found a couple of decent deals at my local Cabelas, most recently a nickel Model 19-3 snub complete with a Tyler-T for $500 after negotiations.
If the “trigger lock stays on until you own it, then can’t return it” rule is true, I can’t see buying another gun there.
Last week I looked at a 10-5 that had a sticker price of $249, a pretty good deal by Cabelas standards. When they got it out of the case I could see the hammer had been replaced and the trigger wouldn’t return forward if released slowly. I showed the guy it had issues, and he just shrugged and put it back. That would have been tough to diagnose with a trigger lock on it.
I’ll stop by today - they have a pretty good ammo selection, at least.
If the “trigger lock stays on until you own it, then can’t return it” rule is true, I can’t see buying another gun there.
Last week I looked at a 10-5 that had a sticker price of $249, a pretty good deal by Cabelas standards. When they got it out of the case I could see the hammer had been replaced and the trigger wouldn’t return forward if released slowly. I showed the guy it had issues, and he just shrugged and put it back. That would have been tough to diagnose with a trigger lock on it.
I’ll stop by today - they have a pretty good ammo selection, at least.
jag312
Member
A similar suicide happened years ago at The Gun Exchange in San Jose, California. A customer came in, asked to see a shotgun, loaded it with a shotshell he brought, and pulled the trigger. If you go into the store today and look at the ceiling, you can still see the pellet marks. The owner had to close the store until a specialist in that type of clean-up was finished. The store was considered a Biohazard until the mess was gone and the store disinfected.
They are gonna put soft tips on all the pointy ones. Aussie ones, anyway. Sheesh!
However...
Regrettably, many gun shops, large and small, will eventually suffer an unintended discharge. Holster fitting is an especially hazardous practice. Heck, there are discharges at gun shows where one would assume (I know, never assume) that all guns have been cleared and are safe to handle.
There were two public shooting ranges with small pro-shops in Manhattan NY, both of which suffered suicides with store inventory.
It might be an old wives tale but I recall reading in a forum where some nut deliberately slipped a live round into a rifle on display at a gun show either as a sick prank or in an attempt to cause an injury or death.
So, I won't mind the gun store that takes serious steps to insure that I, as a customer, don't leave the store with more orifices than I came in with.
Regrettably, many gun shops, large and small, will eventually suffer an unintended discharge. Holster fitting is an especially hazardous practice. Heck, there are discharges at gun shows where one would assume (I know, never assume) that all guns have been cleared and are safe to handle.
There were two public shooting ranges with small pro-shops in Manhattan NY, both of which suffered suicides with store inventory.
It might be an old wives tale but I recall reading in a forum where some nut deliberately slipped a live round into a rifle on display at a gun show either as a sick prank or in an attempt to cause an injury or death.
So, I won't mind the gun store that takes serious steps to insure that I, as a customer, don't leave the store with more orifices than I came in with.
