I went to the new Dick's in Clovis to purchase a rifle. It was on sale and nobody else in town would match the price so I said "what the hell," and went down.
The guy behind the counter was really nice and efficient. I knew what I wanted, but he seemed like the kind of guy that would have helped either way. I filled out my paperwork real fast (not being the first time ive done it), and he signed it off and then called the manager. The manager then came over to double check the paper work and we were done.
Ten days pass and two hours pass, I go back ready to pick up my new pew pew and the manager comes back (has to to release all guns) and informs me that at Dicks, there is an 11 day waiting period. I laughed at the guy and said, ok, but the law is ten, I'm here now, let me take my weapon and go home. He said he couldn't because it was Dicks policy. Now my chilli is boiling a bit. I told him where on the tag did it say there was an 11 day waiting period? He said that it doesn't say that.
He asked why I didnt ask about the waiting period to which I replied I had gone through this process enough to know all the rules and even showed up two hours later than my receipt said just to make sure both parties were safe.
He gave a half hearted apology and walked away. The guy behind the counter apologized for not informing me, and I told him it was ok. I was more stewed with the manager who could also have reminded me when I was filling out my paperwork.
So I go in and pick up the rifle the next day and told the manager that he should bring up printing a pick up date and time on the receipts so future customers don't wind up like me, and never buy a gun from them again. He didn't seemed like he cared, maybe he's anti gun, who knows.
BEST PART. Two weeks later I get a call from an unknown number. I pick up, its the manager from Dicks telling me that my paperwork has an error on it and that I needed to come back to the store. I asked if I needed to bring the rifle as well, he said no, so off I went....again.....across town.....
I get there and one of the letters in the application form wasnt clear (which he didnt catch the first time) so I had to change it, and then initial and date and time it, which is protocol for these types of errors. The manager then asks me if I could date and time my correction for the day I picked up my weapon, which would be back dating it two weeks. I had a huge grin on my face when informing it was against my morals to lie and forge a date and time on a government document.
They may have cheap prices. But, they aren't that much less for all the headache and an extra day wait. More importantly, the attitude of the manager was downright rude. Not to mention he has no problem asking you to break the law forging a federal document. Sad place. read more