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"They charge"...They should close permanently. They are the worst distributor. They charge shipping always. $15 shipping on all orders large or small. While they charge the same as other distributors for commodity items, they generally charge about 6% more on most everything else. They are a distributor of last choice.
Right. LGS 1: You don't want a Glock. They're junk. We won't carry them! LGS 2: You don't want a S&W. I've carried a Glock for years. You don't need something (S&W) with a safety on it.Support your local gunstore. Places like PSA, Classic Firearms and others do to the LGS what Wallyworld did to the mom and pop stores. Once they're gone, they're gone. Buy local.
....he is a dealer..."They charge"...
The dealers set the price. It might be based on a percentage, but they're all different.
Right. LGS 1: You don't want a Glock. They're junk. We won't carry them! LGS 2: You don't want a S&W. I've carried a Glock for years. You don't need something (S&W) with a safety on it.
LGS 3: No plastic junk here. Look at my stock. It's all older, quality metal guns. LGS 4: We don't carry that model. Nobody wants it. LGS 5: What do you want that twist rate for? Everybody wants (insert what they think). What are you going to shoot in it? 1:x is fine for most everything.
I'll shop where they have what I want. Most of the LGS's I've visited never carry the model that I'm looking for. Safety/no safety. Different twist rate, etc. If local won't do it, then online it is. Not to mention having to call all 30 of them, or drive to each and everyone only to find out they don't have what I want. YMMV.
Except that Bud's tends to be out of stock, I've had way better luck with Bud's and Grab-a-gun. I stopped calling/driving to 30 different places all over the state to get what I wanted. I use GB or the other two (no more Davidson's) and, when I lived in the western part of NH, one local dealer. He emailed me his FFL to submit, and just had everything sent there. It's the local guys that are all so opinionated that anything that they don't have is something that they don't think you need.Stop using dealers that suck, there are plenty of them that don't. The good dealers also don't give you shit if you want to
transfer in something from gunbroker, too, which will widen your options. There's no reason to use douche sites like davidsons, puds, or grabagun.... those are all designed to attract idiot skinflints that don't care about service, based on drop-shipper
scheming. (they're often selling stuff they don't even have in physical inventory!) Most of the time some rando GB dealer is going to be easier to work with than any of those morons.
-Mike
There's no reason to use douche sites like davidsons, puds, or grabagun.... those are all designed to attract idiot skinflints that don't care about service, based on drop-shipper
scheming. (they're often selling stuff they don't even have in physical inventory!)
Support your local gunstore. Places like PSA, Classic Firearms and others do to the LGS what Wallyworld did to the mom and pop stores. Once they're gone, they're gone. Buy local.
Palmetto State Armory IS a local gunshop for me. It's on my list of goto places after Ortiz's, Pinault's, CRC and Thunderbolt Guns. It's right down the street from the dealership that I take my F150 to for service.
I've never used Buds or Grabagun, but I have ordered from Davidsons several times and never had a problem.
I don't believe they're using a drop-ship scheme because their website shows you exactly what's in stock and how many of that item is left. If they don't have, it'll show as out-of-stock and you can sign up to get an email alert when they do get it back in.
I've used them to find variants of a particular gun that aren't normally carried by the LGS, such as a different barrel length, caliber or finish. They also give you a list of local gun shops (with FFL's on file) based on your zipcode, and you choose which one to take delivery from. The final price is also determined by the LGS you choose, because some take a bigger cut than others. So you can decide if it's worth it to you to save a few more bucks by going to one LGS as opposed to another.
They should close permanently. They are the worst distributor. They charge shipping always. $15 shipping on all orders large or small. While they charge the same as other distributors for commodity items, they generally charge about 6% more on most everything else. They are a distributor of last choice.
"They charge"...
The dealers set the price. It might be based on a percentage, but they're all different.
I deal with PSA too, I get their daily email specials, I glance it over quick and usually just hit delete, but sometimes they have a deal that's too good to pass up, so I jump on it. My friendly local FFL is on file with them, so it's really easy to make a purchase.
Does PSA manufacturer their own lowers on premise there in SC ???
Have you walked into a local gun store lately??
Davidsons combines the worst of a retail buy and buy+transfer sale. You pay for mechandise you can't see in advance with no change of backing out, but you don't get the benefit of the low price because their model inserts a protected middleman who adds no value but generally charges a retail, rather than transfer fee, on the transaction.om Davidson is higher than most I gave him a chance to get from a different distributor
To get it from. I told him I’d pay the same price regardless what he paid. If he could make more good for him.
Just go walk into one.Actually no, I haven't.
I admit I'm a skinflint (as Dr Grant likes to say), I shop for deals online and only jump on the ones too good to pass on.
The last time I bought anything gun related in a real brick & mortar store, was over three years ago, when I bought a side-folder AK from 619DW. PSA had them $50 cheaper online, but by the time I pay shipping & transfer, it would have worked out the same.
I haven't seen a deal at an LGS in over 20 years. Same with gun shows. Everyone every where wants top dollar, even for junk. Brady for handguns really killed those prices - used S&W revolvers for $125-150 all day long. Brady for everything just made rifles and shotguns as bad, plus the import bans of Chinese and Russian surplus.Just go walk into one.
During normal times, at the right store, deals can be had, especially if they see you there a lot, haha.
I haven't seen a deal at an LGS in over 20 years. Same with gun shows. Everyone every where wants top dollar, even for junk. Brady for handguns really killed those prices - used S&W revolvers for $125-150 all day long. Brady for everything just made rifles and shotguns as bad, plus the import bans of Chinese and Russian surplus.
You apparently don’t make the rounds enough. There are some that are just always high, but many have high prices that are negotiable. I got a mint used 92FS, when I bought it it was debateable as to whether or not it had ever been fired or even cleaned, and it was a late 80s early 90s build with some factory grease on rails, 400 bux! I think the tag said 525-550. Inregretably sold it two weeks later for 550 after putting 300+ rounds down the pipe. I now regret that sale .I haven't seen a deal at an LGS in over 20 years. Same with gun shows. Everyone every where wants top dollar, even for junk. Brady for handguns really killed those prices - used S&W revolvers for $125-150 all day long. Brady for everything just made rifles and shotguns as bad, plus the import bans of Chinese and Russian surplus.
Unfortunately things have changed. I used to go driving around shops (when there were some , now there's not many) once and a while you run across a deal. With the internet, its unfortunate for dealers, but fortunate for buyers that its all at your fingertips, without wasting gas, time, haggling, etc. Of course I still shop around a bit, but now its for older firearms that aren't in production type things, bigger shops have a better supply and likely hood of finding something most of the time. Usually they want a lot of money for stuff like that.....so its usually hit or miss. New production stuff, I go on Wiki Guns put in the sku and find a place and order. I've never had a gun come in bad online. I've had some real nice surprises when I opened the box a few times.You apparently don’t make the rounds enough. There are some that are just always high, but many have high prices that are negotiable. I got a mint used 92FS, when I bought it it was debateable as to whether or not it had ever been fired or even cleaned, and it was a late 80s early 90s build with some factory grease on rails, 400 bux! I think the tag said 525-550. Inregretably sold it two weeks later for 550 after putting 300+ rounds down the pipe. I now regret that sale .
Search, deals are out there.
*edit* or, were out there. After the panic buying dies down and things go back to normal there will be a lot of good shit to scoop up!
Davidsons combines the worst of a retail buy and buy+transfer sale. You pay for mechandise you can't see in advance with no change of backing out, but you don't get the benefit of the low price because their model inserts a protected middleman who adds no value but generally charges a retail, rather than transfer fee, on the transaction.
I haven't seen a deal at an LGS in over 20 years...