I did business for the first time with these guys about two years ago. Purchased a hard to come by rifle, an AR online. I was impressed with the response time to pick up my order, excited to say the very least. Drove from Nashville, did my background check got my rifle and went home. Flawlessly I might add. I purchased two handguns and a shotgun from different dealers however, never a problem getting what I paid for. I said that to bring everything up to date. I purchased a handgun online for what I believed to be an excellent price for the brand gun I chose. This was June 3rd 2023. I went to store to pick up my new pistol, did required background check, and low and behold I was denied, not delayed, denied. My mind is blown because I know it has to be a mistake. The department manager hands me an appeal form , says you can fill this out. I must say this however, I made purchases for different items since the rifle two years ago, but I have to say the guys at the the desk aren't going to win any personality contest at all. Slow to get waited on and generally not very friendly. Mind you I'm not at the store to make friends, invite them to my house for dinner or out for a beer. Just want to be treated like a paying customer who just happens to be BLACK, yeah I said it, what can I say. Anyway, I fill out and fax the appeal the same day. I haven't had anything change from my first gun purchases years prior. I'm a senior citizen so I didn't wait all this time to become a criminal. The only information that has changed from my previous background, is that I'm a few years older. I realize it's now a TBI thing, so I'm checking their website, it says 15 days to at least to research your history. Meanwhile, I'm restless, I call the store and I'm told they will send you a letter, just sort of blew me off. Called yesterday was told still don't have a reply, offered to give me numbers I could call, I got all the websites and numbers for TBI I can handle. I take it upon myself to call the TBI, not expecting much, but the gentleman looked it up and told me my denial was overturned. Great, but I shouldn't have been denied at first. But that's water under the bridge. Can't wait to get to Murfreesboro today. Oh yeah, talked to TBI last night it was two hours or so before store was to close. Got to the store today around 9:25 right after opening. Was told they still hadn't received the necessary paperwork to release the weapon to me. Showed them on TBI instant check website where it said overturned. Wasn't good enough. The manager guy comes back and tells me the person (boss) who has the power and authority to open said needed email was off and probably hasn't opened his email. Why is the only person who has access to the email off in a store that's open seven days a week. Important email concerning a paying customer's coming from a seven day a week law enforcement agency . Sounds sort of stupid to say the least. His solution was, get this, I sent him an email asking him to open his email. What! News flash, HE'S NOT OPENING HIS EMAIL. I'm not budging until he wakes up, has his coffee and reads HIS EMAIL. Iend up calling customer service to find out what's really going on. Two hours later 11:30, they bring my purchase and necessary paperwork out. His response, sorry you had to wait so long, but I finally CALLED HIM and got a hold of him. Totally unacceptable, he could have been called from the beginning. But in all reality someone at work on the clock where the purchase is being handled should be able to access this information. Not someone who's off relaxing away from the job. Oh yeah I called the TBI from the store and he spoke with an employee and told him that the overturned info is sent out automatically once overturned is put in the system. So it's been there since last night, and I still had to be humiliated like someone begging not buying. It was undoubtedly undeniably most unpleasant experience I have ever had with trying to give money to a business. I was told it's the TBI, true it was them that denied me, but then they corrected themselves. Me having to wait to hours for someone OFF to open their email and send information needed is totally a crock. I will say this in ending, if the purchase was to keep this kind out of the store by making things as difficult as we legally can, then it was a total success. Not that it will make a bit of difference, but I will never set foot in a Sportsman Warehouse anywhere in the world. I try not to make a habit of going where I'm not welcomed. read more