Bought a rifle at Dick's Sporting Goods

[august1410]

Geez, that's weird to get escorted to the car. We were escorted all the way to the door, but it stopped there.

I'll tell you what, though, it felt weird to exit Dick's and walk through the fake urban yuppie area carrying two long boxes prominently labeled with the word "FIREARM".

When I bought at Dick's I was escorted to the register and that was about it.

The people in the Michael's craft store sh*t bricks when I was walking past to get to the truck.

 

[Idempotent]

Being escorted to the door is actually kind of nice. It means you don't have to deal with any of that check-your-receipt-at-the-door BS that is getting quite prevalent these days (and that I'm sure they would have a cow over for a firearm).

The same thing happened to my friend when I went with him to Chuck Levin's to buy an expensive American Stratocaster: the sales guy from the guitar department walked him all the way out to the front door and waved him through the receipt-checking-guard at the front. It's always nice to bypass that obnoxious hassle.

 

[hvymax]

I think the escort to the door is SOP in all of the big box stores. Not everybody shopping there is firearm friendly so they do their best to not upset anybody.

 

[Chaunsey]

imo if thats a concern of theirs, they ought to design their store so that the gun counter is near an exit, so that shoppers can buy it and then just go right out the door themselves.

much more customer friendly.

 

[Idempotent]

imo if thats a concern of theirs, they ought to design their store so that the gun counter is near an exit, so that shoppers can buy it and then just go right out the door themselves.

much more customer friendly.

Nah, the gun section is always buried in the back of the store, as far away from the entrance as possible, for reasons that should become obvious if you think about it ...

 

[The3clipser]

Nah, the gun section is always buried in the back of the store, as far away from the entrance as possible, for reasons that should become obvious if you think about it ...

Snatch & Grabs are more difficult?

 

[phidelta308]

I bought a Marlin 795 at the Dick's in Rosedale, and yes, it took a while. It's clear that Dick's is very careful with firearm's transfers, but I don't blame them.

And yes, I was escorted from the hunting section to the cash registers.

All that being said, everybody at that particular Dick's seems pretty pro gun. I remember chatting with one of the cashiers about AR15's.

Don't forget to mail in your rebate for the 795!

 

[mbz300sdl]

Don't forget to mail in your rebate for the 795!

Don't worry I reminded him a few hours ago even Pm'ed him about it.

 

[Idempotent]

Snatch & Grabs are more difficult?

Yup. Make the escape route longer (and thus go past a lot more surveillance cameras in the store to boot) and people are going to be less likely to either pull a simple snatch and grab or just an old-fashioned armed robbery. You never keep the valuable stuff right by the entrance where it's easy to run off with.

 

[OLM-Medic]

Being escorted to the door is actually kind of nice. It means you don't have to deal with any of that check-your-receipt-at-the-door BS that is getting quite prevalent these days (and that I'm sure they would have a cow over for a firearm).

The same thing happened to my friend when I went with him to Chuck Levin's to buy an expensive American Stratocaster: the sales guy from the guitar department walked him all the way out to the front door and waved him through the receipt-checking-guard at the front. It's always nice to bypass that obnoxious hassle.

I've had that happen on guitar purchases also. It's nice when you're trying to carrying a huge amp to have someone wave yo off of being checked again.

As for firearms, I guess they just don't want some guy wandering around the store with a gun and ammo. Not that I agree with it, but its their store.

 

[Idempotent]

Hrmm ... where the heck is this proof of purchase sticker that I'm supposed to use to get the rebate? My Marlin didn't come shrink-wrapped; it just came in a cardboard box (as every gun I've ever gotten has).

 

[Shootist]

Yup. Make the escape route longer (and thus go past a lot more surveillance cameras in the store to boot) and people are going to be less likely to either pull a simple snatch and grab or just an old-fashioned armed robbery. You never keep the valuable stuff right by the entrance where it's easy to run off with.

At that particular location, there's a 2nd entrance & registers by the gun corner. It takes you to the walkway which leads to the parking structure across the street. But with all the locks and cross-bar to contend with, I think a snatch & grab would still be pretty tough. But that layout certainly seems to be the norm in most big-box stores.

I was also escorted to the front registers which are as far away from the gun corner as physically possible. That part wasn't too awkward since I was having a nice conversation with the sales rep anyway. But walking through yuppie-ville with a rifle box under each arm was interesting. The ladies at the Godiva store across the street clearly did not approve.

 

[carryaglock]

I recently bought a rimfire 22 at Dick's Sporting Goods. In the end, I got what I wanted at a decent price (a Marlin 795 for $125), but it just took so darn long. In the end, just to buy a Marlin 795, it took over an hour and a half. That's what I get for buying a gun at a sporting goods store as opposed to an actual gun store, who have the process down to a bit of a science.

If you never ask ,you will never know
MARLIN 795 22LR AUTO 10RD CLIP
Your Cost OTD $122.99
MAR 795SS 22LR AUTO 10R CLP SS
Your Cost OTD $174.99

Did you go to the Gaithersburg location? That's where I bought my 870 from and had to deal with the same BS. OTHO, as you mentioned, the employees who were working at the gun counter were very nice and very knowledgeable about all the guns they had in stock.

Don't know your model but as an example, again unless you ask.
REM 870X HD SYN SHTG 12M/18CB
Your Cost OTD $289.99

Because of volume places like Wal-Mart and Dicks can usually sell guns for what gunshops pay their wholesalers. I have bought guns at Wal-Mart for less than half of what I would have paid almost anywhere else.

You should try the right places

I think Dick's is just extra carefull with the paperwork. You can't beat the prices on most of their guns.

Again you don't ask the right dealers

Agreed ..picked up a Rem700 .243 at Wally World for $325, just needed the action, also ordered a Rem 700 Tactical from them for $519 back in Dec.-Rock

REM 700 SPS BA SYN MATT 243
Your Cost $431.99 OTD (NIB w/all the parts and a lifetime warranty) what was your finial cost after replacing the action.

REM 700 SPS TAC SYN 223 BLK
Your Cost $501.99 OTD

REM 700 SPS TAC SYN 308 BLK
Your Cost $501.99 OTD

They usually have the best prices

See above, guess these aren't the usual circumstances. I just had a Dicks open about half mile up the road, I go there and look at pricing which is usually higher. They can produce a sale that is untouchable at times but not much else IMHO

 

[Shootist]

See above, guess these aren't the usual circumstances. I just had a Dicks open about half mile up the road, I go there and look at pricing which is usually higher. They can produce a sale that is untouchable at times but not much else IMHO

I've noticed this too. Dick's, Basspro and even Walmart set their everyday prices at a comfortably high margin as to appear neither overly expensive nor cheap. After all, these volume-merchants are capable of selling for much less than smaller shops.

I'm sure they do this to account for some of the losses they take during their clearance sales. In the end, they still net a profit. That's just the nature of business, I guess.

I don't even think about going to the Basspro gun counter unless I know there's something I want on sale. Pricing aside, I hate the wait and the general attitude of most of their sales reps.

 

[Maryland Hunter]

Being escorted to the door is actually kind of nice. It means you don't have to deal with any of that check-your-receipt-at-the-door BS that is getting quite prevalent these days (and that I'm sure they would have a cow over for a firearm).

The same thing happened to my friend when I went with him to Chuck Levin's to buy an expensive American Stratocaster: the sales guy from the guitar department walked him all the way out to the front door and waved him through the receipt-checking-guard at the front. It's always nice to bypass that obnoxious hassle.

Do what you want, but you are under no legal obligation to stop and show a receipt to anyone, after paying for your item.

MH

 

[mancheechee]

Went in the other day after reading this post.
Service was not that great.
I was looking into a 45-70 Marlin Stainless...but the older guy with the long pony tail just looked at me as if he was annoyed.
I may go back another day.

 

[JOBU]

The guys at Bass told me that they will match any local store's prices (but not online prices)

 

[citizen x]

When I bought my Rem 700,I was Escorted to my Car And the employee handled the rifle to that point

 

[mancheechee]

I recently bought a 1895GS from Dicks. The deal was incredible!, but the transaction took a long time...but mostly because of a huge storm that cut out power for 20min.
The manager that helped me was super friendly though...so over all I rate the process 4 out of 5.
But one week earlier, another associate (an older guy) pretty much ignored me and didn't want to help me. Like he was annoyed...probably thought I was just looking around and not buying. So that's why I went back another day.

 

[kalister1]

The last handgun I bought from Bass Pro, And I do mean the last, took me over an hour to get out of the store.
The nice salesman who processed me went over every line of every sheet of paperwork. He read every question out loud, evaluated every answer and said, OK. Then he told me I was not a Designated Collector, even after he read where I checked the box that said I was. All this AFTER it was stamped NOT DIS-APPROVED by the MSP. I truly felt that he wanted to find a reason NOT to give me the gun. Then he walked me all the way out to the parking lot before he would give me my gun. I felt like I had a sign on my back, Unarmed person, gun in bag, please rob me! I don't care if they run a 2 for 1 special, never again!