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    shame on you Local gunshop

    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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag View Post
    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.

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    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.

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    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..."

    I turned and left immediatly without purchasing my ammo. Told everyone I know in the gun world to stay away.

    His loss not mine...
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    Quote Originally Posted by LowSpeed_HighDrag View Post
    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.
    Yep. In a free market, goods are worth whatever you can get for them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by THCDDM4 View Post
    I turned and left immediatly without purchasing my ammo. Told everyone I know in the gun world to stay away.

    I don't blame you. I'd rather do without than support a jagoff like that guy.

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    Yeah, I love going into a local shop here and seeing stripped DPMS lowers for $150....

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    Quote Originally Posted by philipeggo View Post
    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.
    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!



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    LOL

    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!
    Last edited by jklaughrey; 03-04-11 at 14:57.
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