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NGC - gun shop experiences
Sasquatch Jim:
Okay,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U72ZRh4W8OU
rocker59:
--- Quote from: raul on April 02, 2015, 10:28:50 AM ---Please remember that for every customer that actually buys a gun, there are probably fifty that are just looking.
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Yep. And based on some of the lookers I've seen, it's easy to understand why the folks at the shops can be distracted/impatient/etc.
An average gun shop gets a lot more traffic than an average Guzzi dealer.
You have to be a repeat customer in order to build relationships. You can't just randomly walk in and expect them to offer you a smoke, or whatever.
I've had one gun shop where I felt like they "knew me". I bought all my ammo there and one gun. I stopped in regularly, and sometimes was there with a co-worker who was also a regular customer who bought a lot from them. I'm sure they remembered me because of him. But it was good to have that recognition.
Lannis:
--- Quote from: AJ Huff on April 02, 2015, 10:19:11 AM ---I have had mostly the same experience in every shop I have been in save one in Kalamazoo. I only go in now when I know exactly what I want.
-AJ
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I agree; I've had the same experience in many shops I've been in. Haven't seriously been in one for years though.
I'm looking at my collection now. 50% of my guns were procured or inherited through the family. The other half were bought at gun shows; I wait until there's a great deal on one that I've been particularly looking for.
So I don't have a particular need for a gun shop ....
Lannis
Triple Jim:
It may partly be a city/country thing. The last time I was in the local shop in the small town nearby, I was just trying to buy a couple bow strings, and the guys there happily spent 15 minutes attempting to match up what they had with the sample I brought.
segesta:
Thanks for the advice. You're probably right, they get every wannabe gangsta douchebag with a FOID (this is Illinois) looking to hold the gun sideways or whatever. But there is definitely a lack of professionalism at these places. The local tire shop is more pulled together than my local gun stores.
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