Okay, let me start by saying some good things. If they have a gun, in stock, and you simply want to purchase it, and be on your way, the staff is pretty great; helpful, friendly, professional and courteous. Moreover, all of the staff has always been very nice, they're great guys, and I've been a customer for several years.
However, if you want to do anything else, that is where the problems arise. Want help with accessories, they tend to blow you off with "we probably don't have anything", or "you are probably better off looking online". Need to order something? It's obviously not their favorite thing to do. Do a transfer? They must really despise this, because they resist being helpful at every single stage, and seem exceedingly "put out" by the entire process.
Also, in particular - They have this mantra of "don't call us, we'll call you". Have a question? "Well, has anyone called you yet?" If not, "they will call you when it's here". In fact, many of their responses are centered around this theme of "we cannot be bothered to help you, so please go back to waiting for someone to call you", and they're kinda snide about this part. I say that having heard it from more than one employee, and instead, multiple.
Case in point, after one employee blew off my question about the other dealer getting their FFL, I find out 6 days later, that they were STILL waiting for it! So, the "don't call us, we'll call you" approach, combined with the failure to actually do their part, resulted in an unneeded delay. I had to go in, ask for the manager, and have him send it, to get the process started.
In fact, I'd encourage one of their managers, to call in, anonymously, and ask them to "check on something", so they can see how they enjoy the standard "has anyone called you yet?" response, as delivered, and then perhaps they could consider recommending something more helpful.
Oh, and also, they aren't great about the "we'll call you" part either. So, they hate it when you call and ask about something, but, they aren't real good about notifying you "their way" either.
So, I don't know if it's because of the way the business operates, and all of these "other" tasks are a PITA for them, and that's why they don't want to do them, or if it's something else altogether.
It's hard to understand, because as I started with, if you just want to walk in, pick a gun that is in-stock, and buy just that gun, they would get 5 stars. It's just everything else that is frustrating. read more