"If you are willing to drop by frequently, stay a while and visit, get to know the people and gently work the deal, you can come out fine on some selected guns."
What a pain in the arse. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to stop by frequently - some of us gotta work for a living and all.
The store is there to sell guns - not act as a visiting lounge. That's probably why all the other guys who have posted on this thread couldn't get the time of day out of the clerks - they were too busy chewing the fat.
What an efficient (and more profitable) operation it would be for all parties if they reasonably priced their guns to begin with. The only problem with that business model is it doesn't give the MBA's that run the stores anything to do with their degrees.
Not everything in life should be a 'deal' that has to be 'worked'. How does McDonald's survive - they don't force me to spend 30 minutes negotiating the price of a Big Mac.
Convenience, selection, volume, and low prices are what big stores have to offer.....they should keep that in mind.
