i had a very mixed and odd experience ,actually Bazaar would better describe
over the course of the last 3 months i dropped over 4k in the store between 4 rifles and in addition between 4 and 5 hundred in ammo
one employee seemed to have a issue with me in general from the second we met for what reason that i simply can not pin point , maybe it was my face , unfortunately its the only one i have , it is important for me to express that everyone else in the store was aces ,polite ,courteous,helpful , and honest
this employee from our first interaction was abrasive as well as toxic and it was obvious he had a very dislike for me , i was polite regardless , over the course of the next 3 months his disdain for me increased to the point it was out right rude and direct
i admit i'm not without personality defects of my own and maybe he picked up on that , i was in the Navy stationed aboard a Trident Submarine , if you talley all the time i spent submerged i have spent over 2 years of my life submerged under the ocean on a sub , as a result when presented in a tight , confined over crowded space i have issues dealing with it , it gets to the point there is a disconnect between my brain and body , i cant even sign my name correctly , cant remember how to spell my middle name with an A or E , it takes multiple times for a question to register ,i have to gravitate to the outer rim of the crowd and over all discomforting feeling so i must appear "off" to others , but even given this, i feel i should at least garner the same respect i put forth to others , including him
well i was searching for a rifle that they could not get , i found it on line ,I went in and asked if they do FFL xfers , i was told yes , asked if they would do one for me ,was told absolutely and was handed a business card and was told all the info i needed was there , i asked how much was the fee and was told $35 , that is in fact the going rate so i said great , went home and ordered the rifle
so one day im off early and am running errands , get a call from Arden Farm equipment that my chainsaw parts were in , add a stop to the end of my list , then a email my rifle had been delivered , as you know Valley guns and Arden equipment are moments away so i stopped in to at least get the paperwork done figuring i would get delayed
i drew the short straw and drew my favorite fan , and as always was met with attitude , next thing i know hes standing in front of me upset asking how i knew the rifle was there , i said FedEx emailed me , he proceeds to read the riot act as to they always hold a FFL xfer for 24 hours , something i was not told , i said no problem i will come back , in total i told him 3 times with an apology 3 times that i was not told this and i would come back,that i did not want to cause them a problem
that wasn't good enough , that would deprive him of his temper tantrum i told myself i will not have dealings with this guy again i would wait until someone else was available , filled out the paperwork and other than the attitude my visit was a pleasant one as it was not crowded
he comes out and says that will be $45 , now everyone that works there knows full well they charge $35 , now hes charging me a $10 fee for a "i do not like Dave tax" ,and did so AFTER i had my rifle shipped to them and reneging on the deal we had in place
i am curious as to where the $10 ended up , if it ended up in the till that would make it a condoned store policy , if it went into his pocket then hes shaking down customers as a side hustle , either way it makes zero sense to cut me for $10 ,a customer who has dumped over 4K into the store in 3 months , and alienating a customer that would certainly spend thousands more in future purchases
i paid it to just get my rifle away from this lunatic , i had a vision of him taking it out to see how hot he could cook my barrel , but make no mistake he held my rifle hostage for 10 bucks , bizarre
so im at work the next day and called the shop , giving him the benefit of doubt that maybe they raised their rate from the time i was quoted to the time i picked up my rifle , that it was a timing misunderstanding , the polite girl on the phone quoted me a FFL xfer fee of , you guessed it $35 dollars , no the guy charged me more for simple reason that it was me, none other
the next available day i could get in there i went in and asked the sweet heart lady behind the counter if we could have a talk , she said sure , i would have rather had the talk away from the customers in the store but she wanted to do it there , i later realize she did so for her safety reasons , and understood completely , once i explained it to her she went into the till without hesitation and presented me with a $10 bill
so for the amount of money that would not by a Big Mac meal his attitude and unscrupulous business practice cost that store thousands in future sales because i will never cast a shadow on their threshold again read more
