Am I being paranoid?

Alea Jacta Est · Dec 23, 2017

I try to read the other guy. After sixty years, my crap detector is calibrated pretty darned good.

If I figure the other person is mining, I'll take any of a couple of tacks. The first and easiest is "Why do you want to know?" Or "What business is it of yours?"

Gratuitous as it is, I kinda like Norton's approach above.

outrider58 · Dec 23, 2017

OP, I would have asked him, "So, you like Dick's?". And walked away.

Alea Jacta Est · Dec 23, 2017

outrider58 said:
OP, I would have asked him, "So, you like Dick's?". And walked away.

That's a damned trick question there bubba..

IjustCantAim · Dec 23, 2017

yes. I would fire a few rounds out the window every night just in case.

RJRjr · Dec 23, 2017

I'm buying all this ammo because I just put a bumpstock on my 870.

teratos · Dec 23, 2017

He probably needs to be clued in that there is a much higher level of paranoia in the gun community and he needs to hold off on asking questions.

PapiBarcelona · Dec 23, 2017

$4.98 gun clubs are awesome.

pbharvey · Dec 23, 2017

Aamdskeetshooter said:
I bought 11 boxes of shells per transaction to reach the minimum $50.00 purchase and each time the register printed a Dick’s cash coupon. I would’ve used them last night but they’re dated 12/27 forward.

What am I missing here?
You spent $50 on ammo and then got $50 dicks cash (i.e. store credit) to spend later? That means the ammo was free.

welder516 · Dec 23, 2017

Just tell them N.U.N.Y.A , or grab a pen and paper and write the answer down to all the questions .

WatTyler · Dec 23, 2017

Probably not big deal and I'd have likely responded similarly because I'm a nice guy. But it points to a bigger point that upstanding people are more likely to spontaneously answer seemingly innocent questions. And social engineering isn't innocent. Suspicion is like fear: Too much and you'll never cross the street. Not enough and you'll never make it across.

gunismyfriend · Dec 23, 2017

pbharvey said:
What am I missing here?
You spent $50 on ammo and then got $50 dicks cash (i.e. store credit) to spend later? That means the ammo was free.

I of course would like to see a deal like that. But I suspect it's spend $50 and get $10 credit deal.
Waiting for confirmation.

lee2 · Dec 23, 2017

Didnt you hear? The ATF is planting agents at Dicks to catch large ammo purchasers. :tinfoil:

MEGARMS · Dec 23, 2017

Aamdskeetshooter said:
Remington Gun Club shotshells that are normally $6.30 OTD were $3.88 OTD. And I received $50.00 in Dick’s cash. I can’t reload them for that price.

$3.88? Is it too late? Guess I need to head up there and check

protegeV · Dec 23, 2017

Decoy · Dec 23, 2017

Aamdskeetshooter said:
I was at Dick’s tonight stocking up on shotgun ammo. So the cashier starts asking why I’m buying so much ammo. I just tell him it’s because it’s cheap. Which it was. Then he starts asking me about what guns I own. I tell him I own a Remington shotgun. Then he says is that it? And I say yes. Because I’m a Scorecard member he has access to my name and address. So should I be worried or am I being paranoid?

He's probably parked out front RIGHT NOW, you should go look.

wilcam47 · Dec 23, 2017

Aamdskeetshooter said:
I was at Dick’s tonight stocking up on shotgun ammo. So the cashier starts asking why I’m buying so much ammo. I just tell him it’s because it’s cheap. Which it was. Then he starts asking me about what guns I own. I tell him I own a Remington shotgun. Then he says is that it? And I say yes. Because I’m a Scorecard member he has access to my name and address. So should I be worried or am I being paranoid?

I ask why they need to know this?

Aamdskeetshooter · Dec 23, 2017

gunismyfriend said:
I of course would like to see a deal like that. But I suspect it's spend $50 and get $10 credit deal.

Waiting for confirmation.

You are correct. I went through 5 times and received $10 each time I went through. The total each time after the coupons was $42.72/11 boxes. I had to buy 11 boxes to make the $50.00 minimum purchase.

gunismyfriend · Dec 23, 2017

It turns out that you don't have to spend $50 to get $10 future store credit.
My cashier broke up all $27.99 items into single transactions, and now I have double amount of $10 cards.
Edit: However, I just figured, these "Dick's cash" printouts are NOT to be combined. In other words, you can only use one $10 thing per transaction.

PapiBarcelona · Dec 23, 2017

$3.88 is even better than I saw up here in Harford. Hard to reload hulls for $6.30 even

Personally I would not have even spoke a word versus getting into some verbal judo contest with some random retail employee

Aamdskeetshooter · Dec 23, 2017

gunismyfriend said:
It turns out that you don't have to spend $50 to get $10 future store credit.
My cashier broke up all $27.99 items into single transactions, and now I have double amount of $10 cards.
Edit: However, I just figured, these "Dick's cash" printouts are NOT to be combined. In other words, you can only use one $10 thing per transaction.

The $50 threshold was for one of the coupons I was using to purchase the shells. It’s a $10.00 off coupon for taking a survey about your previous visit. That was combined with a 10% off ammunition or firearm coupon for yesterday and today only. In addition, I received the 5 $10 Dick’s cash for future purchases. It’s the cheapest I’ve gotten shells in a long time. Walmart had a clearance price on Federal Gold Medals that we’re as low as $2.00/box. But not around here. Guys were buying every box they could find within a 100 miles of their house.

Am I being paranoid?

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