I just got an email from a friend who is with Cabelas about these posts and thanking me for defending the good people who work for Cabelas. He describes the production pressures they are under, the many calls they get daily, the people lined up, the gun owners trying to hide flaws with guns, the people with inane questions, the sales of plastic Benellis to good double guns of 100 to 1, the endless stream of tire kickers with time consuming question after question and the consignment sellers who put a gun out there and maybe it sells, maybe it doesn't.
Kinda easy to criticize when you haven't walked in the other fellow's boots. Maybe shopping at Cabelas, or the high end dedicated gun dealers, or internet sites, or private individuals isn't for everybody. As for me, I think I have all I've wanted but if there was a good gun that I had been looking for, I think I could find a way to work with about anybody to reach a deal. As an aside, a good friend of mine tried to make a deal with a private seller of a highly unusual Parker but they were so far apart in price there was no coming together and he didn't appreciate the negotiation tactics of the owner and he broke off discussions. So there you go, every sales avenue can have something go wrong.
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