Holding guns for regular - Page 2

Old and Reliable · 10-19-2009, 08:17 AM

[QUOTE=James T. Kucaba;5735]The Cabelas store in Lacey Washington did the exact same thing to me a few months back ... They SCREWED me out of a 14ga lifter gun that I called in and BOUGHT in the morning ... Only to be called back and told I couldn't have the gun in the afternoon ! ... I took my complaint to the manager of the gun department at the Lacey Washington store, to no avail, then up the ladder to the Store Manager in Lacey to no avail, and finally to the HMFIC over ALL of Cabelas gun departments at their Corporate Headquarters in Nebraska, and got no satisfaction from him either ... This is why I think a potential buyer should be required to put some "Earnest Money" up before he can get a gun put on hold ... Needless to say, I've been making up NEW swear words to call Cabelas ever since ... And I just bought a gun safe from Dick's Sporting Goods because it will be a 20 below zero day in AriZOOna before I spend a cent in a Cabelas store again.

Jim- I'm with you and the other brothers of the Meridian CT. clan here, no responsible dealer should advertise any gun for sale, whether it is a minty CHE 20 or a Stevens 311, unless it is free and clear for sale or trade/sale with inspection from a potential buyer. I hold Cabela's Gun Library in "Low Esteem" as I surmise do you, they are in the gun game for the $ and not to build a solid customer/client base, as perhaps Jack Puglisi, the late Thad Scott, and Bill Jaqua (amongst many other good dealers IMO) have done over the years. Being a reputable gun dealer takes years to build a client base.

Having a bit of military background, I interpret your code HMFIC of the Cabela's "sham" as meaning the Head Mister Foster In Charge of course!!

Bill Murphy · 10-19-2009, 08:48 AM

That's the guy, all right. He gets around.

Don Kaas · 10-19-2009, 01:25 PM

The problem is that the dealer was too candid. He should have just said, "I'm sorry, the gun's on hold but thank you for your call. Can I take your name? You'll be 4th on the list for it if the first 3 crap out." Most of the internet guns on major dealers sites are put up by clerks. If salesman hears of the gun at his own shop he may have a notion of someone who might like it and calls him and this is how these things often happen. Multiple salespeople might not have been informed at a place like Cabela's. Dealers are reluctant to remove a gun from the list until the sale is completed.

I called Jaqua's (where I have bought a lot of guns over the years but I know I am not an insider there) early last Monday ready to buy a Parker AAH. I was told I was 3rd on the list. I did not act with childish outrage and demand an inquiry as to whether offer, acceptance and consideration had occurred between Jaqua's and #1. I just said, "Thanks" and moved on...to paraphrase Harry Truman on politics in Washington, "Anyone who wants a friend in the gun business should buy a dog".

Big D · 10-19-2009, 02:37 PM

Don - My dealings with Jaqua's have always been above reproach. Not sure what they did that was wrong. Seems to me that they did you a favor by offering you a place in line if the first buyers exercise their 3 day inspection rights and return the gun

Don Kaas · 10-19-2009, 02:50 PM

Jaqua's did nothing wrong at all as far as I am concerned- nothing. That was my point but I have no idea if " a regular" was #1 or #2 or that money had changed hands nor was it any of my business if it had or had not.

If any of the proponents of the "$25 charge or there's no deal or so some such nonsense" school of thought heard that the Obama Administration was proposing just such a law, they would howl with indignation that our 2nd Amendment rights were being violated! Capitalism under threat! Too much regulation already! Socialist plot!

Bill Murphy · 10-19-2009, 04:06 PM

If the Jaqua gun is the one I'm thinking of, it's strange that, after months of the gun sitting unsold, there are now four people in line ready to write checks. I guess it must not be the gun I'm thinking of.

Don Kaas · 10-19-2009, 06:09 PM

You are right once again Bill, you were wrong. It was a 1896 30" sg AAH with a lot wrong with it but it was a real Whitworth AAH Pigeon Gun...$9995...

Bill Murphy · 10-20-2009, 09:46 AM

Wow, sorry you missed it. I guess it's about time for someone to bite on the SAA. I wouldn't mind having it myself. I tried to talk my neighbor into buying it. He has a very nice Runge SA1 Special and the SAA would make a nice companion for it.