Brian in Montana
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I've been keeping track of Shedhorn Sports' website this week as they're having a big sale on all their firearms. The one I was really interested in was a Remington 700 SPS Stainless in a 7mm-08. Yesterday, I called over to ask if they still had it; I live in Ramsay, MT (west of Butte) and was figuring on driving over to Ennis and buying it on Saturday. I was told they hadn't sold it, but it was at the gun show in Bozeman this weekend for the sale price ($529.99). OK, so this morning I drove over to Boze Angeles, got there early and paid the $5 to get into the gun show, and went to find Shedhorn's display. Didn't see the rifle, so I asked about it. The folks working there looked all around, didn't see it, called over to the store in Ennis, still couldn't find it, then finally it was determined it was at the store in Ennis and had been taken off the rack because had called saying he'd come over on Monday to buy it.
I asked, so he bought it and it's there waiting for him to pick it up? No. Layaway? No, they just took it off the rack because he asked. I told them I'd driven over from Butte because I was told the rifle was at the gun show. They were real sorry about the mix up. I said, I have the money in my pocket right now, I will buy it right now, not Monday. They wouldn't do it. I figured my Saturday was already pretty well shot, so I said I'd drive over to Ennis and buy it. Oh, no, we said we'd hold it for this other guy (who actually hadn't paid anything for it yet). Needless to say, I was not happy. They offered to order me one, but wouldn't do it for the sale price. I declined - if I wanted to do that I'd just go over to Three Bears in Butte. I talked to the owner, who was very appologetic, and said that if the other guy doesn't show up to buy it on Monday he'll call me.
So now I'm back home, could've taken my kids skiing today, but instead I was running all over SW Montana looking for a rifle that Shedhorn wouldn't sell me. Still feeling a little pissy about it and not sure I even want to deal with them at all at this point. I try not to get worked up over stuff like this, but I was told the (blankity-blank) rifle was at the (blankity-blank) gun show in Bozeman by one of their employees. I'm not a very trusting sort, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt and say it was an honest mistake, and not a ploy to get me to their display at the gun show, but doggon it, what makes the guy calling and asking them to take it off the rack more compelling than me driving a 100 miles to buy it? Anyway, I'll conclude my rant now. If they want to take a sale item off the rack as spoken for, they should at least have their schidt together enough to be able to tell the next guy it's spoken for.
I asked, so he bought it and it's there waiting for him to pick it up? No. Layaway? No, they just took it off the rack because he asked. I told them I'd driven over from Butte because I was told the rifle was at the gun show. They were real sorry about the mix up. I said, I have the money in my pocket right now, I will buy it right now, not Monday. They wouldn't do it. I figured my Saturday was already pretty well shot, so I said I'd drive over to Ennis and buy it. Oh, no, we said we'd hold it for this other guy (who actually hadn't paid anything for it yet). Needless to say, I was not happy. They offered to order me one, but wouldn't do it for the sale price. I declined - if I wanted to do that I'd just go over to Three Bears in Butte. I talked to the owner, who was very appologetic, and said that if the other guy doesn't show up to buy it on Monday he'll call me.
So now I'm back home, could've taken my kids skiing today, but instead I was running all over SW Montana looking for a rifle that Shedhorn wouldn't sell me. Still feeling a little pissy about it and not sure I even want to deal with them at all at this point. I try not to get worked up over stuff like this, but I was told the (blankity-blank) rifle was at the (blankity-blank) gun show in Bozeman by one of their employees. I'm not a very trusting sort, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt and say it was an honest mistake, and not a ploy to get me to their display at the gun show, but doggon it, what makes the guy calling and asking them to take it off the rack more compelling than me driving a 100 miles to buy it? Anyway, I'll conclude my rant now. If they want to take a sale item off the rack as spoken for, they should at least have their schidt together enough to be able to tell the next guy it's spoken for.