I went in to a gun shop recently and wanted to buy a specific gun, but since it was our first gun and not a gun for self-defense (one of the reasons we were purchasing) they didn't seem to want to sell it to me. Got the run around on the phone as well. So I guess I will just have to buy it somewhere else, and my husband has a ready-made birthday or Christmas gift
Were the sales people just trying to be helpful in pointing us in a different direction, or stupid in not selling me what I wanted? Or a little of both?
Maybe a little of both. One job of a salesperson is to help a customer get what they need. Sometimes the customer knows what they need, sometimes they don't have any idea, but "heard from a friend" or "saw an ad" that made them think they needed a particular item.
Sometimes, when a customer says they want a specific item, a salesperson has to decipher when that is what the customer THINKS they "need" (and might be wrong), or if the customer just WANTS that item.
I went in to a gun shop recently and wanted to buy a specific gun, but since it was our first gun and not a gun for self-defense (one of the reasons we were purchasing) they didn't seem to want to sell it to me. Got the run around on the phone as well. So I guess I will just have to buy it somewhere else, and my husband has a ready-made birthday or Christmas gift
Were the sales people just trying to be helpful in pointing us in a different direction, or stupid in not selling me what I wanted? Or a little of both?
NO BS, no socializing, prompt to the point pleasant interaction. When they are finished with you, they immediately move on. Very efficient at what they do.
All of this above is why i am happy that i can walk into my LGS and get greeted by name and don't have to ask to see something usually because the owner is already pulling cool toys out to show me. He knows i may not buy that day, just wants me to handle a cool new weapon or piece of history.
About the same here. The LGS knows that I dont buy probably half the time, but they know I am always putting money down in there. I know if they are busy, and im just wasting time, i let them do their job. If Im there to do something though, i let them know as well, and tell them when they arent busy, they can get back to me. It should all be about respect, on both sides.
I will get calls from my main LGS when something comes in they know I will like. Even if I do not buy it they love to torture me.
How about the other side of the coin? What do you think of a customer who is being helped by a sales clerk and the customer answers his cell phone and begins a protracted conversation. Is the sales clerk obligated to stay with that customer or move on to other customers or duties?
hmm, maybe I need to go there. Mine keeps a Sig 1911 Tactical on the wall. I think its to taunt me, cause I look at it everytime I go, and debate on putting it on lay away too. Already have two weapons (1903 rifle and a .22 1911 pistol) on lay away, so I dont really really need a third.
Second topic, selling guns to parents for their children. It is hard to do that without the child in the store. I have a number of parents who bring their kids in and buy them a gun that fits them. This is the right thing to do. I also have a few parents who come in, buy a rifle for their son, and their son has never even seen, let alone held the rifle. This is not the optimal situation.
This may be a stupid question, but how is it legal to sell a person a gun when they say it's for their kid, but not if they say it's for their wife? I mean, I understand the law states that it's illegal to sell a firearm to someone with the knowledge that it is being purchased for someone else, but how then is it ok to sell one to a parent, when they say it's for their child?
It is actually legal to buy a firearm for someone, i.e. spouse as a gift...happens every Christmas. It is illegal to buy a firearm for a prohibited person (excepting dependent minors). It is all spelled out on the ATF website.This may be a stupid question, but how is it legal to sell a person a gun when they say it's for their kid, but not if they say it's for their wife? I mean, I understand the law states that it's illegal to sell a firearm to someone with the knowledge that it is being purchased for someone else, but how then is it ok to sell one to a parent, when they say it's for their child?
Is it pink too?
Sometime you get steered towards something they have in stock with a higher profit margin for the owner or a piece that has sat for a long time and needs to move. Car salesman do this same thing.