Refused a purchase this evening

[ColbyBruce]

4:45 p.m. today I am driving through Norcross, GA and decide to stop at a gun shop on Buford Hwy. to attempt to purchase a spare magazine for my recently acquired Glock 36. A guy was locking the door, and told me they were closed. I pointed out he was closing early, according to the posted store hours, and told him I needed a Glock 36 magazine. He walked off, came back and announced they had one for $38.75, about $9.00 higher that other places, but no one had them in stock. I told him I would take it. He said the store was open by appointment only. I pointed out that I lived 32 miles away and couldn't come back on Monday to over-pay for a magazine when he could sell it to me then. "That is not how we do business" was his reply.

The Glock 36 is likely the fourth most disliked Glock, the three .45 GAP guns come ahead of it. That magazine is probably NOS at least twenty years old. It will hang there a while longer I suppose. I won't be going back after it.

 

[Injunbro]

High prices & lousy service. Next the store owner will be whining about not being able to stay in business.

 

[woodsltc]

Just a guess....was this at "David's Gun Room"? If so, I'm not surprised.

Don

 

[Xfuzz]

4:45 p.m. today I am driving through Norcross, GA and decide to stop at a gun shop on Buford Hwy. to attempt to purchase a spare magazine for my recently acquired Glock 36. A guy was locking the door, and told me they were closed. I pointed out he was closing early, according to the posted store hours, and told him I needed a Glock 36 magazine. He walked off, came back and announced they had one for $38.75, about $9.00 higher that other places, but no one had them in stock. I told him I would take it. He said the store was open by appointment only. I pointed out that I lived 32 miles away and couldn't come back on Monday to over-pay for a magazine when he could sell it to me then. "That is not how we do business" was his reply.

The Glock 36 is likely the fourth most disliked Glock, the three .45 GAP guns come ahead of it. That magazine is probably NOS at least twenty years old. It will hang there a while longer I suppose. I won't be going back after it.

Based on your many years of confrontations/mishaps.
Do you look for this stuff or is it simply bad luck ?

 

[Papa32129]

Don't do business with a guy who doesn't respect your needs or your money.


BTW
The online auction that rhymes
With "E Hay" has the G36 mags.


Papa

 

[redlevel]

Based on your many years of confrontations/mishaps.
Do you look for this stuff or is it simply bad luck ?

I was thinking the same thing.
Sort of reminds me of the Al Capp character.

Joe Btfsplk.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Just a guess....was this at "David's Gun Room"? If so, I'm not surprised.

Don

Yes it was. David retired, the place has changed.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Based on your many years of confrontations/mishaps.
Do you look for this stuff or is it simply bad luck ?

I don't go looking for trouble. I have shopped there since I turned eighteen, never been turned away.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Don't do business with a guy who doesn't respect your needs or your money.


BTW
The online auction that rhymes
With "E Hay" has the G36 mags.


Papa

Thank you, I will look them up.

 

[doublesharp]

There are numerous new factory Glock 36 mags on Gun Broker for $30 or 2/$50 shipped.

 

[JohnRippert]

I was thinking the same thing.
Sort of reminds me of the Al Capp character.

Joe Btfsplk.

I was thinking of Hee Haw. "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. Gloom, despair and agony on me."

 

[Doug627]

I would have made the earliest appointment I could and then sleep in that day.

 

[rubiranch]

The Glock 36 is likely the fourth most disliked Glock,

And its easy to understand why. This was my Gen 4 Glock 36. I bought it brand new.
I NEVER got thru a box of 50 rounds without is jamming 2-3 times.
I had two good friends, one of them who loves Glocks and recommend this one to me
tear it apart, inspect, clean and lube and nothing helped.

I gave it to another friend of mine who was aware of why I disliked it soo much.

My M&P .45 has performed flawlessly since day one.

Its the only gun that I have ever purchased from a LGS.

 

[rubiranch]

There are numerous new factory Glock 36 mags on Gun Broker for $30 or 2/$50 shipped.

Try Aim Surplus. I've bought several magazines from them for my M&P .45

New, $21.95 Orders over $50 free shipping.

 

[Fishslayer]

And its easy to understand why. This was my Gen 4 Glock 36. I bought it brand new.
I NEVER got thru a box of 50 rounds without is jamming 2-3 times.
I had two good friends, one of them who loves Glocks and recommend this one to me
tear it apart, inspect, clean and lube and nothing helped.

I gave it to another friend of mine who was aware of why I disliked it soo much.

Even non fanboiz know the Gen 4s had some problems.

 

[Neal]

Gunmag warehouse shows them at $24.99 plus shipping regular price, not sale price. So that gun shop was extremely overpriced. I don't know how shops like that stay in business.

 

[s&wchad]

He said the store was open by appointment only. I pointed out that I lived 32 miles away and couldn't come back on Monday...

You may have had better luck leaving it at that and politely asking if you could make an impromptu appointment or do a curbside pick-up. You catch more flies with honey, than you do with vinegar.

... to over-pay for a magazine...

Adding this probably didn't win any favor.

 

[rubiranch]

Even non fanboiz know the Gen 4s had some problems.

That gun was exactly why I never wanted a semi-auto pistol.
Perfect example of why I preferred to carry a revolver.
I do occasionally carry my S&W M&P .45. I trust it 100%.

I'm sure Glock makes some good guns but that's certainly not one of them.

 

[BAM-BAM]

My Good Deed for the Day


"Greg Cote LLC" appears to have Glock 36 factory mags for $22.95

I put 6 in my cart .......... then emptied it.


Been buying from him for years......................

Happy Mothers Day!!!

 

[ColbyBruce]

You may have had better luck leaving it at that and politely asking if you could make an impromptu appointment or do a curbside pick-up. You catch more flies with honey, than you do with vinegar.
Adding this probably didn't win any favor.

I disagree, it is a gun shop, not a gun museum. Every item in there has a price on it, implying it is for sale. If the salesman was willing to sell to me by appointment at a later time, why not then? I did not ask to come in and browse around, I wanted a particular item, which he pulled off the shelf to check the price. It was in his hand.

Covid-19 has shut down many businesses and forced others to alter their sales and service plans. I don't need an appointment to buy a burger, alcohol, grocery shop. I didn't need an appointment at the shop where I purchased the Glock 36; which is sixteen miles northeast down the exact same road.

A customer driving by and stopping for the first time will likely never return. I will never return. The shop does have extremely high prices and one of the highest fees to do a transfer. I have shopped there forty-four years. It is a shame it is being run into the ground.

 

[Neal]

I disagree, it is a gun shop, not a gun museum. Every item in there has a price on it, implying it is for sale. If the salesman was willing to sell to me by appointment at a later time, why not then? I did not ask to come in and browse around, I wanted a particular item, which he pulled off the shelf to check the price. It was in his hand.

Covid-19 has shut down many businesses and forced others to alter their sales and service plans. I don't need an appointment to buy a burger, alcohol, grocery shop. I didn't need an appointment at the shop where I purchased the Glock 36; which is sixteen miles northeast down the exact same road.

A customer driving by and stopping for the first time will likely never return. I will never return. The shop does have extremely high prices and one of the highest fees to do a transfer. I have shopped there forty-four years. It is a shame it is being run into the ground.

I am in no way defending this shop, but having been in the retail business, I can tell you he may have had his cash register closed out for the day. If he sells out of his pocket, no big deal to sell you something. But if he has a computer cash register, opening it up and closing up again would not be worth a small purchase.

 

[Neal]

And its easy to understand why. This was my Gen 4 Glock 36. I bought it brand new.
I NEVER got thru a box of 50 rounds without is jamming 2-3 times.
I had two good friends, one of them who loves Glocks and recommend this one to me
tear it apart, inspect, clean and lube and nothing helped.

I gave it to another friend of mine who was aware of why I disliked it soo much.

My M&P .45 has performed flawlessly since day one.

Its the only gun that I have ever purchased from a LGS.

The gun in that pic is not a Gen4. Looks like Gen3.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

Just another reason I won't own Glocks, or other Tupperware guns.

 

[Stevens]

If I were the shop owner I'd surely have made the sale, if the register was closed, book the next day.
On the other hand, the guy who answered the door may have been an employee maybe instructed specifically never to make a sale without ringing it up, or some other procedure, first.
Too bad either way.
Steve W

 

[TTSH]

Some shops can be weird about selling magazines. There is an old "cop shop" near Boston that thinks their magazines are made of gold... but even at sky high prices they refused to sell me 3 semi-scarce S&W 3rd Gen magazines I wanted. They said it was worth more to them to keep them on hand for "good will" giveaways to their cop clientele then to sell them to me.

Another rather quirky gun shop down in Little Rhody refused to sell me any magazines which they kept hidden in a back room for some strange reason. Just plain nutz!

One Massachusetts shop had a 3rd Gen magazine I wanted, but the young female clerk was under instructions not to sell anyone a magazine without the shop owner present. Duh.

Yet another Massachusetts shop owner literally took some Sig magazines out of my hands and sold them to another customer in the shop, apparently a personal friend. Bizarre.

Fortunately, there are many other shops that love my business and the above shops I don't bother with anymore.

 

[wood714]

\He walked off, came back and announced they had one for $38.75, about $9.00 higher that other places, but no one had them in stock.

This place has them in stock.

I've bought 3 S&W M&P 45 mags from him, and a mag loader. Great to do business with, and he actually answers phone calls.

Located in Jax.

Glock 36 factory 6 round .45 ACP Glock-MF36106 [G36 Glock-MF36106] - $22.95 : Greg Cote, LLC



*EDIT*
Should have read the thread before posting...Bam Bam beat me to it.

 

[pharmer]

If'n it was me I'd have taken the 2 $20's given you the mag and handed you $2 change. The $40 would go directly in my pocket. Joe

 

[rubiranch]

The gun in that pic is not a Gen4. Looks like Gen3.

I was told it was a Gen 4 due to the two stage recoil spring.
He may have been wrong.

Still a piece of junk.

 

[ColbyBruce]

rubiranch brings up a good point, the G36's reputation for sporadic unreliability. I believe this is my twenty-third Glock and like all the others, it will go back to the factory for a physical and steel sights; as soon as the service is resumed.

Every time I visited the factory I have seen a service tech hand a Glock 36 and a bag of aftermarket parts to a customer and tell them it works now with factory parts. I ran a half box of cartridges through it at noon with no issues.

 

[Rule3]

Based on your many years of confrontations/mishaps.
Do you look for this stuff or is it simply bad luck ?

I asked him a long time ago if he was going to publish a book.



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