Cabela's policy ... by looks only?

z1000rider said:
Yeah because if somebody was going to go postal, THEY WOULDN'T BRING THEIR OWN GUN FROM HOME! They would decide to do it because they saw the magazines and the ammo in the customer area behind locked glass.
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I guess you missed the stories of the past of in store suicides from unstable people loading a round/shell from their own pocket into a gun a clerk was showing them and then covering the stores gun dept in spaghetti and meatballs.
 
Lol, I guess.. but when a local guy will sell me a pound of powder for $20! less. I would have to be insane to want to pay their prices. Besides I have way better places to spend my money than on something I could get cheaper somewhere else. I would argue there's too many steak budgets out there buying hamburgers at cabelas, otherwise they wouldn't be doing that great.
 
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EL34/6L6 said:
I guess you missed the stories of the past of in store suicides from unstable people loading a round/shell from their own pocket into a gun a clerk was showing them and then covering the stores gun dept in spaghetti and meatballs.
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They only hand firearms over to people who have a license and can legally acquire them so your point is moot...
 
z1000rider said:
Yeah because if somebody was going to go postal, THEY WOULDN'T BRING THEIR OWN GUN FROM HOME! They would decide to do it because they saw the magazines and the ammo in the customer area behind locked glass.
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Take a look my friend. Ammo and mags are NOT behind locked glass and people offing themselves does occasionally happen. So let's hand them a firearm and take the trigger lock off. Geebus
 
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Anyway, they probably had some kind of an accident and as a result got that nonsense overreacting policy ...

similarly, in NYS, at Wegman's one cannot by a beer while shopping as a family with children
may be some moron decided to give a baby to drink beer instead of formula ...

but at least there you can get back to store alone and get one as a lone(ely) adult ...

what I call "managerial thinking" ...
 
Just bought a marlin guide gun there on Monday, it was $200 cheaper than any local or online store. And over $200 cheaper than anything on the EE. They wouldn't let me cycle it in store. Just did it in the trunk before leaving. You have a 30day return policy with them to exchange or get cash back. After that, it goes to the factory warrantee center.
 
I tried to do a research shopping trip there for a pistol as soon as my application for my RPAL showed up as "approved and in the mail" on the RCMP portal. They wouldn't even so much as take it out of the case for me to look at it in their hands, claimed it was a strict CFO directive, so I peeled out of there. . I don't completely blame them. They're a huge corporation with policy(s) to maintain, it was just kind of disappointing.

Made my way down to P&D here in Edmonton, and they let me handle and test-fit pistols a few pistols even after disclosing my "almost licensed" status. I made it clear that I was a serious customer barring receiving my plastic in the mail within two weeks, and they treated me like one. I even ended up leaving there that day having put a rifle on layaway, which they do up to 60 days, even for non-PAL holders, as they await their license. Fantastic customer service for newbies, I've since been back recently to buy a pistol.

I buy on sale ammo from Cabela's and that's it. The LGS is working way harder for my business in the gun department. They also have to flexibility to work with new shooters that the big box store just doesn't have the time and flexibility for.
 
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z1000rider said:
Yeah because if somebody was going to go postal, THEY WOULDN'T BRING THEIR OWN GUN FROM HOME! They would decide to do it because they saw the magazines and the ammo in the customer area behind locked glass.
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liberals think that all pal holders instantly aquire firearms.
And that no one has ever had their firearms taken. (statements implied by angry neighbor, ex wife or liberal co-worker)

Your Cabela's locks up all the mags and ammo ??
 
SLToronto said:
My daughter (waiting for her RPAL) and I went to Cabela's in Barrie yesterday

The idea was to check out some new for both of us pistols, how well their grips will fit in her hands and get some idea of their sights and feel triggers..

The store employees said that while I could handle the pistols, I could not check triggers as the store policy doesn't allow removing locks ..

She could not even touch pistol's grips while me holding a gun - again, the store policy ...

Buy by the looks?

Any other stores with similar policies?
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Wait until she has her RPAL first. The first thing sales staff ask at our local GS's when she asks to handle a firearm is "Do you have a license?" Big box stores are notorious for hiring people that haven't a clue what they're doing. Small gun shops are definitely the way to go.
 
I bought a lever action from Cabelas on saturday. The fellow at the counter unboxes my rifle and hands me a slip of paper from the box that says to make sure the rifle is unloaded before handing it. He literally passed me that piece of paper. One of my personal rules is to ensure that any gun that I handle has been proven to be safe, so he puts on the trigger lock and hands me the rifle with a closed action. I hit the lever to make sure it's safe, and the guy flips out on me. Tells me that it's store policy that you can't touch the action, and I was going to get him in trouble from his loss prevention officer who is watching the cameras. Now, I'm a grown man dropping a grand on a lever action rifle, and here is some minimum wage bench jockey tearing into me in front of the other customers for PROVE'ing it safe. It was an awkward situation for me, and chances are that's the last time I'm going to set foot in a Cabelas. Support your local gun shop.
 
hypa said:
I bought a lever action from Cabelas on saturday. The fellow at the counter unboxes my rifle and hands me a slip of paper from the box that says to make sure the rifle is unloaded before handing it. He literally passed me that piece of paper. One of my personal rules is to ensure that any gun that I handle has been proven to be safe, so he puts on the trigger lock and hands me the rifle with a closed action. I hit the lever to make sure it's safe, and the guy flips out on me. Tells me that it's store policy that you can't touch the action, and I was going to get him in trouble from his loss prevention officer who is watching the cameras. Now, I'm a grown man dropping a grand on a lever action rifle, and here is some minimum wage bench jockey tearing into me in front of the other customers for PROVE'ing it safe. It was an awkward situation for me, and chances are that's the last time I'm going to set foot in a Cabelas. Support your local gun shop.
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You still ended up buying from them though?

I would've put the rifle down, politely told him to learn how to hand over a potentially unsafe firearm and expect that anybody else would prove it safe before taking a closer look, and recommend a firearms safety course for him to re-take before walking out. That is just unacceptable.
 
hypa said:
I bought a lever action from Cabelas on saturday. The fellow at the counter unboxes my rifle and hands me a slip of paper from the box that says to make sure the rifle is unloaded before handing it. He literally passed me that piece of paper. One of my personal rules is to ensure that any gun that I handle has been proven to be safe, so he puts on the trigger lock and hands me the rifle with a closed action. I hit the lever to make sure it's safe, and the guy flips out on me. Tells me that it's store policy that you can't touch the action, and I was going to get him in trouble from his loss prevention officer who is watching the cameras. Now, I'm a grown man dropping a grand on a lever action rifle, and here is some minimum wage bench jockey tearing into me in front of the other customers for PROVE'ing it safe. It was an awkward situation for me, and chances are that's the last time I'm going to set foot in a Cabelas. Support your local gun shop.
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Weird. I gave them a trigger lock and they proved it and put the lock on it then put it back in the box.
 
hypa said:
I bought a lever action from Cabelas on saturday. The fellow at the counter unboxes my rifle and hands me a slip of paper from the box that says to make sure the rifle is unloaded before handing it. He literally passed me that piece of paper. One of my personal rules is to ensure that any gun that I handle has been proven to be safe, so he puts on the trigger lock and hands me the rifle with a closed action. I hit the lever to make sure it's safe, and the guy flips out on me. Tells me that it's store policy that you can't touch the action, and I was going to get him in trouble from his loss prevention officer who is watching the cameras. Now, I'm a grown man dropping a grand on a lever action rifle, and here is some minimum wage bench jockey tearing into me in front of the other customers for PROVE'ing it safe. It was an awkward situation for me, and chances are that's the last time I'm going to set foot in a Cabelas. Support your local gun shop.
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Two sides to every story. If your version of events is 100% accurate you still purchased the rifle. So it wasn't an awkward enough situation for you to walk away.
Its funny reading these "I hate/dislike [insert business name here] and here is why." Seriously, why do people post on CGN to complain about service when they should be asking to speak to a manager?
 
Or, they proclaim they will boycott a entire business conglomerate outright due to a bruised ego perpetuated by some low level retail employee...
 
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