Going to Louisiana Sunday and needed a cheapish IWB holster. I go to my local gun shop because i thought they carried galco,DeSantis etc. get there only uncle mikes and fobus. Mind you this is not my normal gun store i had already called them and they told me there were out. Long story short start looking around and see a DPMS sportical then i peep the price tag …$1100. Anyone else finding it harder and harder to find an honest decent gun place? Thankfully this is not where i normally go and my dealer would never dream of selling a DPMS at that price. Just find it frustrating is all. [LEFT][/LEFT]
It’s simple economics really. If people continue to pay that price for a DPMS, then gunstores will continue to make money. Consumers need to be educated in order to drive the market, the seller will only do what the market dictates.
Also keep in mind that a lot of gun stores overshoot the price they would take with a “that guy doesn’t know what he’s buying and will pay the price tag for it” price. That way they may get lucky and make a huge profit, or they let you haggle down to their realistic price and they still make a profit and you feel like you got a great deal with all the haggling. You go tell you friends how great the gun store is for being “pushed over” with your haggling skills, so they go in and do the same thing. Everyone wins, except for the ill-informed buyer who pays sticker price, but where would we be without so many dummies in the world, anyways.
+1
There is a huge local shop in a location close to a BIG software company owned by a guy named Gates…never heard of him lol
Anyways this shop is selling MWS on sturm for 2300 but locally for 3000, why because his local clientel will pay it.
Finding a good local shop is getting harder and harder. I went into a newer one the other day to stock up on some ammo. I had about ten cases of various stuff ready to purchase and then I ask if they have any MK 318 MOD 0 in stock. The guy laughs in my face and says “thats not even a real caliber of a weapon, you have some learning to do SON…”:suicide:
I turned and left immediatly without purchasing my ammo. Told everyone I know in the gun world to stay away.
His loss not mine…
Yep. In a free market, goods are worth whatever you can get for them.
I don’t blame you. I’d rather do without than support a jagoff like that guy.
Yeah, I love going into a local shop here and seeing stripped DPMS lowers for $150…
The words “honest” and “gun dealer” don’t go together I am afraid.
We talk customers out of expensive chit they either don’t know how to use, don’t need or is not going to “fix” their problem. The look on their face when you just saved them $500 dollars is priceless! :dirol:
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I saw a DPMS lower for 225.00 just the other day. I asked if he had any LPK’s and he said no we don’t carry any German Rifles! WTF!:suicide:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
In the BubbaFudd’s defense I did just use only the acronym. But he blurted that out before he would allow me to elaborate. Figured this was not the place to purchase anything except a good laugh.
I live in a small town. Only gun stores here are Pawn shops. Anyway, they carry a few generic new but a buttload of used pos, wore out, downright dangerous rifles. No ar’s but plenty of SKS and the like. I mean wore out, beat to hell. I had my latest ar shipped there and when I went to pick it up they were selling this young black kid an SKS. Not new, not refurbished. No. It looked like it had been through 3 wars and buried in someones backyard for 30 years or so. He got a hellofadeal. Only 450 and that included a 30 rd mag that was so used it had holes in it.
As a contrast to this, we have some NIB DPMS low-pro style rifles on the shelf for $629. A guy asked to see one last night and I looked @ the price tag and was like WTF? I still wouldn’t buy it, but that’s pretty cheap. The fudd customer was convinced it was a “deal” and he would never buy the “overpriced” KAC we had on the same rack. Whatever…
As far as holsters go, you wouldn’t have much more luck in our shop. We rock the Fobus, Uncle Mikes, and…wait for it…Blackhawk Serpa!!! In reality, though, I don’t see how any shops actually justify stocking quality holsters. That’s a lot of inventory $ to tie up in what is almost certain to not be right (Color, RH vs LH, IWB vs OWB, Kydex, Leather, Nylon)
Grant, what holsters do you stock in your store and how do they move (not counting online sales)?
Hell yeah. Took my business down the road…
I befriended a local shop owner upon his opening last june. I helped him here and there and i got discounts and alot of first dibs. At first his prices couldnt be touched even by the internet. Pmc .223 bronze at $4 a box and golden bear 7.62x39 for the same. I bought many guns from him (prob 8 or 9) and traded countless times. but after Christmas i started noticing increases across the board and less value to be found. I asked him one morning why? why the rising costs and changing methods of business. He simply replied “Im tired of getting screwed and walked on, now its my turn to trample and screw”. Needless to say I dont frequent this establishment much any more except when I see some retired friends posted up talking. The old time way of conducting business has been stifled by the ability to sell on the internet and not even have a store front. Times they are a changin’.:fie:
The majority of gun stores suck. I stay out of them with rare exception.
you’d think in larger cities like Dallas, we’d be ok, we’re all gun totin rednecks down here 
But its the same old same old. i took it upon myself to take a lesson because I am a self taught pistol shooter. I asked for recommendations from my local IDPA/IPSC group. I got a lot of recommendations for a guy at the local gun store. So I signed up, and absolutely blew me off and handed me off to one of his buddies. I’ve been in their multiple times and most of the time I try and discuss, but they are mostly trying to get me to buy a kimber.
I took my CHL there and the instructor was a Glock guy. I couldn’t get him to talk to me about a glock during the break…
They have decent prices, but i’m treated like an animal there. Get in, buy what we tell you, get out.
Others around are friendly, but highly priced and I ran into the “good ol boy” who tried to tell me why 45 was better than 9, even after I told him I’d been hanging out with “you guys” And of course he had a story. I politely listened and turned and walked away…
I did find one guy locally who was willing to talk to me, show some differences between different S&W snubbies and take the time to talk to me. He sold me a ruger. (and showed me how to do a trigger job!) I was more than happy to give him the commission as I just need someone who doesn’t treat me like an idiot (that’s what I hang around you guys for!). I find it is the older guys who generally take the time to explain things and actually know their you know what from a hole in the ground. Its not all of them, but most of the time, if the salesman looks like my dad or grandpa, that’s the guy i want to talk to.
Let’s see, I currently have Raven Concealment, Safariland, Blade-Tech and for custom leather, we use this company: http://www.gun-holsters.com/links.html
We sell VERY few holsters in our store as most people around us cannot afford the guns we sell let alone the holsters for them. 
C4
Haven’t bought anything from a b&m gun shop in a long time. I buy virtually everything gun related on the internet. No tax and it’s easier to shop around.