Ontario Gun shops
- Thread starter RCPerkins
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It depends who you get re: customer service. I have had a mixed bag. Some are really great and others are very arrogant. Prices are around average but selection is pretty good and so is the inventory. I buy from there if I want it "NOW" and they have it. I hate waiting worse than mediocre service.
btfdhunter
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- Brantford , Ontario
Triggers and Bows in Burford are super friendly and know their stuff . They also run the Paris Gun Auction . You can haggle with them also !
Customer service and the gun shops
My experience has also been very mixed but there are all too common threads in the retail gun biz and those are arrogance and indifference. I don't think it's much of a help when guys like us get the hots for a new toy and want it NOW. I'm as guilty as anyone. I'm 67 and count every day as if it were my last one; waiting is definitely not my strong suit. But I've done a lot of business in a lot of industries and the retail gun biz doesn't shine. That said, I have had great transactions at Gobles and Ellwood Epps. I try to treat the people I deal with as professionals and then wait to see how they respond. If they give me the message that I need them more than they need me ( too common) then I move on and try to contain my toy lust for another time. One thing I have always done in business on behalf of my companies and myself is to be very loyal. If someone does a good job for me at a store, I will go back to that same person every time. Some of them are on bonus and commission plans and this helps. If I call and my person isn't there, I don't do business and call back when he or she is. It may not work every time but I feel that a buyer's loyalty pays off. When someone does well by me, he gets all my business. The opposite is also true. I won't even talk with people who haven't shown me respect.
My experience has also been very mixed but there are all too common threads in the retail gun biz and those are arrogance and indifference. I don't think it's much of a help when guys like us get the hots for a new toy and want it NOW. I'm as guilty as anyone. I'm 67 and count every day as if it were my last one; waiting is definitely not my strong suit. But I've done a lot of business in a lot of industries and the retail gun biz doesn't shine. That said, I have had great transactions at Gobles and Ellwood Epps. I try to treat the people I deal with as professionals and then wait to see how they respond. If they give me the message that I need them more than they need me ( too common) then I move on and try to contain my toy lust for another time. One thing I have always done in business on behalf of my companies and myself is to be very loyal. If someone does a good job for me at a store, I will go back to that same person every time. Some of them are on bonus and commission plans and this helps. If I call and my person isn't there, I don't do business and call back when he or she is. It may not work every time but I feel that a buyer's loyalty pays off. When someone does well by me, he gets all my business. The opposite is also true. I won't even talk with people who haven't shown me respect.
Ontario Gun Shops
If my experience means anything, a 2-3 drive to Epps could be a big time, energy and patience saver. I ordered close to $4000.00 worth of handguns from a small town Ontario dealer because I wanted to support more or less local people. This was a HUGE mistake. I have never experienced more indifferent and arrogant treatment from any vendor. Eventually I cancelled one order because he wouldn't do anything to find out when my revolver would arrive. In ten minutes, I called S&W myself and got all the information I needed directly from a CS person there.
The second gun actually arrived long after I had left for the winter. I had a friend pick it up. I was charged top dollar and ended up having to go to the store to get a credit from my $2000.00 deposit. I tried to followup at reasonable intervals by email and was told not to email as they didn't monitor their incoming correspondence. Now this is an extreme example but not the first one of indifference and arrogance I have encountered. Now there is no question, I call Ellwood Epps or email. They actually do monitor email and reply to them too!!
If my experience means anything, a 2-3 drive to Epps could be a big time, energy and patience saver. I ordered close to $4000.00 worth of handguns from a small town Ontario dealer because I wanted to support more or less local people. This was a HUGE mistake. I have never experienced more indifferent and arrogant treatment from any vendor. Eventually I cancelled one order because he wouldn't do anything to find out when my revolver would arrive. In ten minutes, I called S&W myself and got all the information I needed directly from a CS person there.
The second gun actually arrived long after I had left for the winter. I had a friend pick it up. I was charged top dollar and ended up having to go to the store to get a credit from my $2000.00 deposit. I tried to followup at reasonable intervals by email and was told not to email as they didn't monitor their incoming correspondence. Now this is an extreme example but not the first one of indifference and arrogance I have encountered. Now there is no question, I call Ellwood Epps or email. They actually do monitor email and reply to them too!!
Yeah gagnons has terrible prices. I never shop there, anymore
- Location
- In the Badlands of Alberta
Funny,I've bought from Adam a few times. Good prices on new and used.
well if you have the cash then sure, but when I shop around I see better pricing.
Williams is a hard place to beat on pricing for some things.
Cocked&Locked
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- S. Ontario
?! the store that offered me 150$ trade value on an unfired M305 NIB, and was selling them off their rack for 800+, the old wooden ones.........F__k them.
I only bought from him once about 2 years ago, they were clearing the Baikal MP-153 shotgun for $400 when everyone else was already selling it for $795. Made me happy.
Williams Arms
I have been trying to get them on the phone sinse last Wed with no luck not even getting there machine?? Did they close for holidays or..
strider007
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x2 for Williams' Arms in Port Perry...they have a great selection, and can get pretty much anything you want.
Small town Ontario store blues
I wouldn't do that out of fairness as mine could have been an isolated case although I doubt it. For me attitude is all important and that annoyed me more than anything. The owner with whom I had the most contact actually cussed out an employee for having given me their email address. PM me and I'll be glad to give you the details.
I wouldn't do that out of fairness as mine could have been an isolated case although I doubt it. For me attitude is all important and that annoyed me more than anything. The owner with whom I had the most contact actually cussed out an employee for having given me their email address. PM me and I'll be glad to give you the details.
if you just want to handle & compare guns, go to Vermont. much better stores and selection, and no attitude for being a canadian that can't buy it. i walked in, was up front that i can't buy, and then asked to see and handle a bunch of things. no problem, here you go. Vermont is a VERY gun-friendly state.
and once you learn more about their gun laws, you'll probably want to move there anyways
and once you learn more about their gun laws, you'll probably want to move there anyways
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