This morning a few friends from our shooting club and I were invited to a shooting challenge organised by the shooting society of the Lausanne police corps (Lausanne being a city in Switzerland).
We shot, had a good time, decent result. Then one of our guys says he has to go to the LGS which is literally 3 miles from the shooting range to pick a Sig P226 Legion he had ordered. Yep we’ll all go with him, who doesn’t like to roam around a gun shop, and we had a couple hours to kill before lunch.
Due to Covid, only two people were allowed in the shop at the same time (plus the three employees). After a fair bit of waiting time (paperwork being filled in for my friend) it was my time to go in and take a peak. I had not been in that shop for quite a while, and remembered they sold mostly modern new tactical stuff I have little interest for, so I thought I’d be safe since I had no intention to buy more guns this month.
Except that in a cabinet I saw those two
A 19-3 6” and a 66 no dash 4”, both p&r
Can I take a closer look please ?
The 19
The 66
I was hooked but I had one more line of defence : bargaining. I know that this LGS prouds itself of having some of the lowest prices in the country and hates it when customers haggle.
So I asked what price he’d do if I buy both. He said the addition of the two prices, no rebate. That’s a little over $ 1600. I asked again and he declined to do a gesture again, elaborating that those older Smith literally fly of the shelves when priced right, which is true.
The last one he had similar to those was gone after four days, and the 19 had just come in a few days earlier (upon checking he saw it came in yesterday).
So I developed my final argument, that it was not just about the economics of that particular deal but also about really pleasing the customer and turning a walk-in into a repeat customer. I mentioned another LGS I discovered recently, where I did some multiple purchases and always got a deal, ending with 12 guns or so bought there since February.
He relented and mentioned he didn’t want to be a d**k, gave me a $ 110 rebate, just above $ 1500 for both. I really tried hard not to buy them, since I was determined to walk out if I didn’t get a deal. Oh well, waiting for the permit now
We shot, had a good time, decent result. Then one of our guys says he has to go to the LGS which is literally 3 miles from the shooting range to pick a Sig P226 Legion he had ordered. Yep we’ll all go with him, who doesn’t like to roam around a gun shop, and we had a couple hours to kill before lunch.
Due to Covid, only two people were allowed in the shop at the same time (plus the three employees). After a fair bit of waiting time (paperwork being filled in for my friend) it was my time to go in and take a peak. I had not been in that shop for quite a while, and remembered they sold mostly modern new tactical stuff I have little interest for, so I thought I’d be safe since I had no intention to buy more guns this month.
Except that in a cabinet I saw those two
A 19-3 6” and a 66 no dash 4”, both p&r
Can I take a closer look please ?
The 19
The 66
I was hooked but I had one more line of defence : bargaining. I know that this LGS prouds itself of having some of the lowest prices in the country and hates it when customers haggle.
So I asked what price he’d do if I buy both. He said the addition of the two prices, no rebate. That’s a little over $ 1600. I asked again and he declined to do a gesture again, elaborating that those older Smith literally fly of the shelves when priced right, which is true.
The last one he had similar to those was gone after four days, and the 19 had just come in a few days earlier (upon checking he saw it came in yesterday).
So I developed my final argument, that it was not just about the economics of that particular deal but also about really pleasing the customer and turning a walk-in into a repeat customer. I mentioned another LGS I discovered recently, where I did some multiple purchases and always got a deal, ending with 12 guns or so bought there since February.
He relented and mentioned he didn’t want to be a d**k, gave me a $ 110 rebate, just above $ 1500 for both. I really tried hard not to buy them, since I was determined to walk out if I didn’t get a deal. Oh well, waiting for the permit now
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