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livetohunt
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After reading about grumpy gun shop owners I would like to respond. Owning a very small shop where I cut every corner to help save my customers. I must put my 2 cents in. Do most people really beleive the small gun shop can compete with the Xmarts. Thank about it price is controlled by volume. The small gun shop may buy one or two Mossburg 835 for example. The Xmart or large sporting good chain may buy 500 of any one gun for the distributing center and supply all Xmarts in thier region.Who do you thank gets the price breaks. Another thing I encounter frequenty is a person will buy their gun,scope,ring/bases and sling and swivels studs at the local Xmart and come on down to the shop asking if I would mind mounting the scope,. boresight it,drill stock and mount sling studs. I say sure the total charge will be about 35.00. His next comment is I have a friend that said you did this free for him. I respond, but your friend Jimmy purchased all his item from me. I must be doing somthing right my business is increasing about 25% a year.
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Edited by - jdb123 on 05/05/2002 19:23:38
The ultimate question that you need to ask yourself is this: Is it worth it to go to the marts and see the little guys go out of buisness and then give the marts the ability to control what you can get. Believe me they are very much in bed with the liberals that want to remove our second admendment rights. If you do not believe that, well I have a piece of property you need very badly and cheap.
The second admendment GUARANTEES the other nine and the Constitution!
It's called service, and that is something that still has value in this day and age of discount, cuthroat competition. Let the small dealer make some bucks. It's not like the world ends when your bore cleaner bottle lasts you two years and costs more at his shop.
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All the Gun Shows I've been to lately have had prospective buyers walking away from tables because of attitude. I over heard a lot of conversations about this and know of at least two shops in my area that exude the same attitude.
If the person waiting on me was friendlier I would buy from them.
By the way I am Self-Employed and pay the extra to independant store owners because I know what is like to survive in business. I don't buy from the MARTS. Luckily I found two Gun shops that are friendly and helpful.
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I have zero free time to travel all over town or surf all over the web to save $10.00, $20.00. I'm walking in my gun shop, putting the money on the counter, and walking out with EXACTLY what I need in two minutes. No wasted trips to the marts when they don't have it, settling for some bogus brand "X" or the hassle of just going to the marts. I haven't been to a "mart" in months simply because the experience is horrendous. I'd rather have a little grumpiness at a gun shop and spend a few extra $$'s than to endure cashier Crackneesha's incompetence, screaming children, long lines and all the rest of it.
Now when I was a student I had nothing but time (no money) and would therefore drive to Canada for cheaper beer, re-load steel shot for duck hunting, and drive across town to pick up a pizza instead of having it delivered, just to save very little $$'s but since I had the time to do it, what the heck.
I'm not even close to being rich, I'm just saying that I have decided that my time is valuable and that the "mart" experence on any day at any time is far worse than any gun shop.
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