I consider myself a pretty patient dude. I don't ask for a lot and I usually know what I want before I ask.
I wish to buy a small dollar firearm accessory. They are not rare or hard to find, in fact I found them at Joe Bob Outfitters 2 weeks after I first requested they be ordered.
On 1/18 I sent an email to said LGS asking if they can get said items and how much would they cost. Two weeks pass and I'd not received a reply. I was in the area, so I stopped by the shop, was greeted with "hey how ya been". I asked if he'd got my email to which he replied that he gets a ton of emails but oh, here it is. Followed by his employee being instructed to go ahead and put them on order because they're nothing special and not expensive. He did not ask me to pay for them and said he would let me know when they came in. Cool! I thought.
Three weeks pass and still no word. So, on 2/28 I called. Got one of the employees that acknowledged that he knew of the order but hadn't seen it yet. Ok, I said. Let me know, thanks. And here we are 1 month and 3 weeks in and still no word.
If I was wanting a Performance Center 1911, or a Scorpion, or DD upper, I could understand that in today's market it might take a minute. But low dollar, low demand items can't take as long as high demand items. His store is full of firearms and other accessories, so it's not a purchasing capital issue. If more than one online presence has inventory, it is reasonable to believe the distribution channel does too. I know I'm going to spend more through the LGS than online, but that's not the point, right? If buying stuff from the LGS was easier than from my computer chair, this thread would not exist. But geez, how hard does a guy have to work to give someone his money? /rant
I wish to buy a small dollar firearm accessory. They are not rare or hard to find, in fact I found them at Joe Bob Outfitters 2 weeks after I first requested they be ordered.
On 1/18 I sent an email to said LGS asking if they can get said items and how much would they cost. Two weeks pass and I'd not received a reply. I was in the area, so I stopped by the shop, was greeted with "hey how ya been". I asked if he'd got my email to which he replied that he gets a ton of emails but oh, here it is. Followed by his employee being instructed to go ahead and put them on order because they're nothing special and not expensive. He did not ask me to pay for them and said he would let me know when they came in. Cool! I thought.
Three weeks pass and still no word. So, on 2/28 I called. Got one of the employees that acknowledged that he knew of the order but hadn't seen it yet. Ok, I said. Let me know, thanks. And here we are 1 month and 3 weeks in and still no word.
If I was wanting a Performance Center 1911, or a Scorpion, or DD upper, I could understand that in today's market it might take a minute. But low dollar, low demand items can't take as long as high demand items. His store is full of firearms and other accessories, so it's not a purchasing capital issue. If more than one online presence has inventory, it is reasonable to believe the distribution channel does too. I know I'm going to spend more through the LGS than online, but that's not the point, right? If buying stuff from the LGS was easier than from my computer chair, this thread would not exist. But geez, how hard does a guy have to work to give someone his money? /rant
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