I know what I like and don't like in the line of guns. I'm pretty knowledgeable and don't often need a lot of help. But I am afflicted with a bad case of horse trader-itis! I NEED a man I can haggle with!!
Places I like:
David's Gun Room in Norcross-they have a good selection and I have always been treated well there (good hagglers!). I understand that they get busy on weekends, but if you are patient, you will receive the same fine service as the customers that were helped before you.
Clyde Armory in Athens- good selection, good prices, help is hit or miss at times and it seems that only one guy has the authority to accept/make trades (haggle).
Franklin's in Athens- a good selection, but is the most disorganized gun shop I have ever been in. Maybe I just don't understand their display system. Service has improved from none existent a few years ago to efficient and friendly as of late. It's a friendly place to pass some time. Oddly, I have never bought a gun there!
Places I hate: Bullseye in Lawrenceville-I find it old, noisy, dirty and disorganized. I found the personnel to be unprofessional and unfriendly, even rude. I have gone there once, just to look and once to shoot. Both times I came away feeling like I had somehow disturbed them by taking up their time. That ain't happening again!!
Wal-Mart-Anywhere-I had to fill out Federal paperwork (form 4473) AND Wal-Mart paperwork!! Then, while the public address system in the store was used to blare out "Firearm coming to the front of the store, Firearm coming to the front of the store", the sporting goods clerk, holding the rifle box over his head, insisted on carrying the firearm into the parking lot and placing it in the trunk of my car! This sure as hell is never happening again!!
(Too bad it was a great price on a very nice rifle!)
Last of all-Any shop where the staff and customers point firearms at imagined targets with no regard to who or what it may be pointed at
, which I find very disconcerting and down right dangerous. (I won't mention the name of where this occurs way to often. Hopefully they will hear about this and improve their safety before someone gets hurt!!)
Places I like:
David's Gun Room in Norcross-they have a good selection and I have always been treated well there (good hagglers!). I understand that they get busy on weekends, but if you are patient, you will receive the same fine service as the customers that were helped before you.
Clyde Armory in Athens- good selection, good prices, help is hit or miss at times and it seems that only one guy has the authority to accept/make trades (haggle).
Franklin's in Athens- a good selection, but is the most disorganized gun shop I have ever been in. Maybe I just don't understand their display system. Service has improved from none existent a few years ago to efficient and friendly as of late. It's a friendly place to pass some time. Oddly, I have never bought a gun there!
Places I hate: Bullseye in Lawrenceville-I find it old, noisy, dirty and disorganized. I found the personnel to be unprofessional and unfriendly, even rude. I have gone there once, just to look and once to shoot. Both times I came away feeling like I had somehow disturbed them by taking up their time. That ain't happening again!!
Wal-Mart-Anywhere-I had to fill out Federal paperwork (form 4473) AND Wal-Mart paperwork!! Then, while the public address system in the store was used to blare out "Firearm coming to the front of the store, Firearm coming to the front of the store", the sporting goods clerk, holding the rifle box over his head, insisted on carrying the firearm into the parking lot and placing it in the trunk of my car! This sure as hell is never happening again!!
(Too bad it was a great price on a very nice rifle!) Last of all-Any shop where the staff and customers point firearms at imagined targets with no regard to who or what it may be pointed at
, which I find very disconcerting and down right dangerous. (I won't mention the name of where this occurs way to often. Hopefully they will hear about this and improve their safety before someone gets hurt!!)
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