Shoulda gone all Jesus and the moneychangers on them!
Yes! 
That being said, I've been there too- I went to every single local gunshop around me when I was first looking and got the same replys. In fact I think the one guy I talked to pretty much summed it up- upon asking if they carried or could special order DD or BCM products, the he said, "We don't do anything with those brands because there's no market for them". I thought he'd had an aneurism at first, but he's right- as long as the general population is being bombarded with how wonderful every other POS- brand AR is, and as long as those brands keep being promoted as such by the "gurus" in the gun magazines we will never see the end of such things as the OP mentioned.
The thing I always wonder at, is where do you draw the line at butting in if something like the above situation happens? Do you go over to the customer and let 'em have it? Or wait til they're on the way out/ about to puchase? Or just leave them alone?
Last edited by Jellybean; 05-01-12 at 15:39.
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