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Same thing I thoughtSomeone erased the "soup" at the bottom..
No, its not. It's still funny regardless.He would get none of my business. Ridiculing people for their choice of firearm to purchase, as an ffl, is a stupid move.
Unless it was a joke. Then it was funny.
Funny concept, but, again, they wouldn't care...and would STILL ridicule you Different clientele, massively popular. I've seen people stand in line for almost 2 hours to get in the door.My wife likes shields. Admittedly not a serious gun. I should go buy a bunch from his neighbor and walk into his store pretty-woman style.
Kinda weird considering how hard it supposedly is getting inventory. You'd think he'd want to sell whatever he can sell! But I'm not an FFL, so what do I know.
Except that it is a serious gun and very capable. Barely any margin on them though for a seller. So FSguns makes money on volume for them.My wife likes shields. Admittedly not a serious gun. I should go buy a bunch from his neighbor and walk into his store pretty-woman style.
I like my customers too much to ever sell them a Taurus (or a hi point or a rock island or...)
40 short and wimpy is for FBI agents with limp wrists. Hot 9mm or 10mm or go home.
You can buy shields and the likes at the deli ticket emporium or any other shop in MA.
If this all offends you then just down the hall is Custom Defense Solutions and he will sell you what you want. Every shield my distributor sends me I send to Jason @ CDS as it meets his business model and not mine. That some of you think you get to have an opinion on how I run my business makes me chuckle. You get to decide what shop you go to and I get to decide how I run my shop. Don't confuse the two.
No one at the Mill does this full time. A full time shop is most likely gated by inventory or capital or something. I am gated by TIME, my time. I am open 3 days a week for a total of 15 hours. Essentially for every minute we are open I am busy processing background checks and/or helping customers. This means selling low margin shields that are available at every shop in MA is not a good use of my time. Selling more unique guns which demand a higher $$ margin (though lower % margin) is the right decision since I am completely time limited.
If you are a small shop, open 40+ hours a week and limited by capital (the amount of money you can tie up in inventory) then you want to stock the shelves with Tauruses and Shields. You pay $250 a gun and sell them for $300 each. That means your margin per transaction is $50 but more importantly it is 16.7% (50/300).
If you are time limited and not capital limited you are better off buying more expensive guns that cost $900 each and sell for $1000. Your margin per transaction is $100 but only 10%.
Small shop has no time constraints so doing lots of small transactions at 16.7% is better for his bottom line. They get 16.7% on whatever inventory they buy.
I am time limited and doing background checks literally as fast as I can so $100/transaction is better than $50/transaction. While I only get 10% return on my inventory, I get more $ per unit time.
Small shop measures return on capital.
I measure $ per unit time open.
Different business model therefore different decision about what to stock and sell.
The good news is we tell you upfront you are at the wrong shop before you even walk through the door.
I have no problem getting inventory even in these challenging times. In fact I supply inventory to many other FFLs at the Mill since I get more than I want or can use or guns I dont want (shields). It will never be the case that I will sell whatever I can get. As I explained I am always time limited so picking the RIGHT inventory to have and sell is important. Being in a niche is better than competing with every other shop in the state.If true, kinda weird considering how hard it supposedly is getting inventory. You'd think he'd want to sell whatever he can sell! But I'm not an FFL, so what do I know.
Speaking of which, what are your days and hours?I like my customers too much to ever sell them a Taurus (or a hi point or a rock island or...)
40 short and wimpy is for FBI agents with limp wrists. Hot 9mm or 10mm or go home.
You can buy shields and the likes at the deli ticket emporium or any other shop in MA.
If this all offends you then just down the hall is Custom Defense Solutions and he will sell you what you want. Every shield my distributor sends me I send to Jason @ CDS as it meets his business model and not mine. That some of you think you get to have an opinion on how I run my business makes me chuckle. You get to decide what shop you go to and I get to decide how I run my shop. Don't confuse the two.
No one at the Mill does this full time. A full time shop is most likely gated by inventory or capital or something. I am gated by TIME, my time. I am open 3 days a week for a total of 15 hours. Essentially for every minute we are open I am busy processing background checks and/or helping customers. This means selling low margin shields that are available at every shop in MA is not a good use of my time. Selling more unique guns which demand a higher $$ margin (though lower % margin) is the right decision since I am completely time limited.
If you are a small shop, open 40+ hours a week and limited by capital (the amount of money you can tie up in inventory) then you want to stock the shelves with Tauruses and Shields. You pay $250 a gun and sell them for $300 each. That means your margin per transaction is $50 but more importantly it is 16.7% (50/300).
If you are time limited and not capital limited you are better off buying more expensive guns that cost $900 each and sell for $1000. Your margin per transaction is $100 but only 10%.
Small shop has no time constraints so doing lots of small transactions at 16.7% is better for his bottom line. They get 16.7% on whatever inventory they buy.
I am time limited and doing background checks literally as fast as I can so $100/transaction is better than $50/transaction. While I only get 10% return on my inventory, I get more $ per unit time.
Small shop measures return on capital.
I measure $ per unit time open.
Different business model therefore different decision about what to stock and sell.
The good news is we tell you upfront you are at the wrong shop before you even walk through the door.
Okay, I can understand this. Like I said, I'm not an FFL. Even so, I still like my "Glock 40's"!I like my customers too much to ever sell them a Taurus (or a hi point or a rock island or...)
40 short and wimpy is for FBI agents with limp wrists. Hot 9mm or 10mm or go home.
You can buy shields and the likes at the deli ticket emporium or any other shop in MA.
If this all offends you then just down the hall is Custom Defense Solutions and he will sell you what you want. Every shield my distributor sends me I send to Jason @ CDS as it meets his business model and not mine. That some of you think you get to have an opinion on how I run my business makes me chuckle. You get to decide what shop you go to and I get to decide how I run my shop. Don't confuse the two.
No one at the Mill does this full time. A full time shop is most likely gated by inventory or capital or something. I am gated by TIME, my time. I am open 3 days a week for a total of 15 hours. Essentially for every minute we are open I am busy processing background checks and/or helping customers. This means selling low margin shields that are available at every shop in MA is not a good use of my time. Selling more unique guns which demand a higher $$ margin (though lower % margin) is the right decision since I am completely time limited.
If you are a small shop, open 40+ hours a week and limited by capital (the amount of money you can tie up in inventory) then you want to stock the shelves with Tauruses and Shields. You pay $250 a gun and sell them for $300 each. That means your margin per transaction is $50 but more importantly it is 16.7% (50/300).
If you are time limited and not capital limited you are better off buying more expensive guns that cost $900 each and sell for $1000. Your margin per transaction is $100 but only 10%.
Small shop has no time constraints so doing lots of small transactions at 16.7% is better for his bottom line. They get 16.7% on whatever inventory they buy.
I am time limited and doing background checks literally as fast as I can so $100/transaction is better than $50/transaction. While I only get 10% return on my inventory, I get more $ per unit time.
Small shop measures return on capital.
I measure $ per unit time open.
Different business model therefore different decision about what to stock and sell.
The good news is we tell you upfront you are at the wrong shop before you even walk through the door.
I recommend you contact AG Healey and ask her to hold another press conference. I am sure something can be done about it.This is intimidating for first time gun owners and something should be done about it because it is putting us in a bad light to future gun owners, and maybe even women !
First time gun owners should be greeted with a warm welcome and hand being held through the entire buying process because it can be intimidating. This obvious shaming of people that are less than knowledgeable about firearms is doing our whole community a disservice.
What about the guy in the corner who didn't pay his bill?"THOU SHALL NOT FIND FAULT WITH MY TENANTS". Jack.
I like my customers too much to ever sell them a Taurus (or a hi point or a rock island or...).
If this all offends you then just down the hall is Custom Defense Solutions and he will sell you what you want. Every shield my distributor sends me I send to Jason @ CDS as it meets his business model and not mine. That some of you think you get to have an opinion on how I run my business makes me chuckle. You get to decide what shop you go to and I get to decide how I run my shop. Don't confuse the two.
No one at the Mill does this full time. A full time shop is most likely gated by inventory or capital or something. I am gated by TIME, my time. I am open 3 days a week for a total of 15 hours. Essentially for every minute we are open I am busy processing background checks and/or helping customers. This means selling low margin shields that are available at every shop in MA is not a good use of my time. Selling more unique guns which demand a higher $$ margin (though lower % margin) is the right decision since I am completely time limited.
If you are a small shop, open 40+ hours a week and limited by capital (the amount of money you can tie up in inventory) then you want to stock the shelves with Tauruses and Shields. You pay $250 a gun and sell them for $300 each. That means your margin per transaction is $50 but more importantly it is 16.7% (50/300).
If you are time limited and not capital limited you are better off buying more expensive guns that cost $900 each and sell for $1000. Your margin per transaction is $100 but only 10%.
Small shop has no time constraints so doing lots of small transactions at 16.7% is better for his bottom line. They get 16.7% on whatever inventory they buy.
I am time limited and doing background checks literally as fast as I can so $100/transaction is better than $50/transaction. While I only get 10% return on my inventory, I get more $ per unit time.
Small shop measures return on capital.
I measure $ per unit time open.
Different business model therefore different decision about what to stock and sell.
The good news is we tell you upfront you are at the wrong shop before you even walk through the door.
Except that it is a serious gun and very capable. Barely any margin on them though for a seller. So FSguns makes money on volume for them.
His sign is totally fine. He doesn’t want to sell those things and is letting people know before they go in. What’s the problem with that?
In my signature. I would also note that two other FFLs are in the same room: @MAGAArms and Newtech R&DSpeaking of which, what are your days and hours?
Then I'll deal with it. Jack.What about the guy in the corner who didn't pay his bill?
Man speaks the truth, tried to give him $50 in transfers Friday night and he told me "No" and referred me down the hall ☹