Cabelas strikes again!!!!!!

[Dennis]

Years ago in Santa Barbara, CA I saw a Winchester 21 on consignment at a sporting goods store. I made the deal to buy it and then put it on layaway for 30 days. Two days later I went to the store to look at it and was told the gun was sold to someone else because that customer offered more money. The sporting goods manager thought he owed it to the consigner to get as much money as he could even though he had taken money from me. I immediately contacted a SB County District Attorney investigator who worked in the fraud unit. He and I had been in the same law enforcement academy together and was a good friend. I explained the circumstances to him and he said if I wanted to do it I could go into the company and tell them to sell me the gun or I would have the D.A.'s office file criminal fraud charges against the store. If they refused and it went to court the store would be liable to me for 3 times the amount of the sale. I went to the store, found the sporting goods manager and explained my intentions. He said he needed to talk to the store manager. I went home expecting someone to call me. Within 30 minutes the sporting goods manager called apologizing and said the gun would be sold to me as agreed. I picked it up 3 days later just to make sure. I can't vouch for other states but once they have the credit card they are legally obligated to sell the gun to that buyer. It wouldn't hurt to contact Cabela's and explain your intentions. Depending on their answer I would sure consider contacting the D.A. in that city/county to ask about your rights. If enough people do that maybe Cabela's will change their mind.

I know Wes Dillon well from buying many firearms from him in the Sidney store. He is a fine gentleman and I have nothing but the highest respect for him. I agree with the writer that once he left the customer service at Cabela's Gun Librarys went downhill. I have gone into many libraries across the country and in many of them I was not even greeted. I could walk the library for 20 minutes with a couple of salesmen talking and neither one of them would say hello. On one occasion I had $5000.00 burning a hole in my pocket for a rifle I had been told was there. It was still there when I left since I had no desire to give $5000.00 to somebody who couldn't give me a common greeting.