wholesale misinformation
- Thread starter archerynut
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Airborn_69 said:
No thanks, pi$$ing people off isn't my cup of tea. I don't bash the store, I simply reinstate what everyone already knows. And as for the whole brokeback comment thing you like to bring up so much, why don't you pi$$ off? If I wanted to get low and dirty, I would. But I'm not a jackass.
eltorro said:I'll do that if I have your assurance that they pay accordingly to one's apparent knowlege. I wouldn't have a problem making 30$/hr selling rifles to cowboys eager to explore BC's backcountry.
That would be the perfect job if that was the case, WSS is kind of a hobby job & most have a pension of some sort to balance the extremely high /hrly salary they make + the discounts
I have to say though for a partime job, you get paid to talk guns all day..count me in!
SuperCub said:And your "expert" advise included calling him an ignorant fucctard biatch. For what?? Taking his gun back to where he bought it for advice? Big deal!
Instead of calling him down, why not just suggest a gunsmith?
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Expert advice can be had in the gunsmith section here, for free.Please note that I am not an expert.
He went into the "new" WSS with a aftermarket reciever sight. Did he buy the rifle and sight there? I don't think he said that, but it's proabbly not important.
He comes on to CGN to ##### and moan about what idiots work there, because they can't answer questions that re beyond thier scope of knowledge.
Read his first post again. He wasn't interested in advice or reccomendations, he was just interested in calling the WSS workers down.
Archerynut,
Use this to find the proper height for your front sight. The sight correction section is what you want.
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/sight.aspx
Next, you tighten up the front sight dovetail by judicious use of a center-punch on the bottom of the slot, not by beating the top down. One way looks like you hit your gun with a hammer, one doesn't. It ain't rocket surgery.
WSS may be able to help you with a Lyman 17 variant front sight. They have some in the back.
Use this to find the proper height for your front sight. The sight correction section is what you want.
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/sight.aspx
Next, you tighten up the front sight dovetail by judicious use of a center-punch on the bottom of the slot, not by beating the top down. One way looks like you hit your gun with a hammer, one doesn't.
It ain't rocket surgery.WSS may be able to help you with a Lyman 17 variant front sight. They have some in the back.
Or as yet another alternative, buy a Ghost ring from XS sights. It comes with a front sight that is fixed, you don't slide it in the dovetail to adjust it. The sighting adjustments are made on the receiver sight, as it should by adjusting elevation and windage using adjustment screws. Far superior to the Marlin factory sight IMHO. The Shooting Edge sells them, but be careful if your gun is an XLR, there is a "special" part number. PM me if you want the info.
pharaoh2 said:
BS!! There are hundreds of guns for sale on the Exch.Forum and most are in great shape, many have been "tweaked" by their owners and the prices are negotiable for the most part.
Other names... P&D Enterprises... Bashaw Sports... S.I.R. (great service)
David Henry Gunsmiths (yes he sells guns too)... Russell Sports... etc.
Ya know if Wholesale wasn't making money hand over fist, they might care what a large majority of the users of this forum think. Lots of you guys talk about service on the one hand, but still shop at Wholesale because in most cases their pricing on most products is the best. I work part time at a competing gun shop and we had an issue with a customer that had never been to our store before saturday. He had bought a pad at Wholesale that was the wrong one for his gun so he asked if he could bring his gun in and make sure that the pad from limb saver was the correct size, so i said ya sure.
Brings his gun in and we line the pad up and it seems to be a perfect match, thats not good enough, he wants us to take off his old pad and install the new one, which in most circumstances isn't something that we would normally do, but Phil was free and so why not, and we do it for the guy, for free. Then I jokingly say" I don't want to ever see you at Wholesale ever again now" His reply was" I'll spend my money where ever I like" Theres some gratitude for you.FS
Brings his gun in and we line the pad up and it seems to be a perfect match, thats not good enough, he wants us to take off his old pad and install the new one, which in most circumstances isn't something that we would normally do, but Phil was free and so why not, and we do it for the guy, for free. Then I jokingly say" I don't want to ever see you at Wholesale ever again now" His reply was" I'll spend my money where ever I like" Theres some gratitude for you.FS
archerynut
Regular
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
for the record, i bought the lyman 66A sight at wholesale, the 336 was bought on the gun exchange here. i was wrong in the first place to go in and assume they actually knew anything about the products they sold. i'll know better next time. there are some posters in this thread who would have done better to keep their mouths shut
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Cordur said:
We really didn't need to hear that
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
pharaoh2 said:
But you do piss and moan much. Clarke's got a point...go to Canadian Tire and ask the kid stocking windshield wipers why your car makes a funny hiccup-kinda-farty sound. Chances are you won't get the right answer. I don't get why people have to bash Wholesale Sports. It's a big box, like any other big box. Why you would expect everyone there to be an all knowing firearm god is beyond me. Even funnier is that most guys would cut both arms off to work at a gun store.
On a completely unrelated topic, damn is Wholesale ever far from where I'm staying in Edmonton. I might not get there this trip, which would be a shame.
BigUglyMan said:
I don't think what I do is piss and moan. I voice my pinion. I thought that was still my right in a free democracy, wasn't it? If you go into a gunshop, you expect to have someone help you who knows what their talking about, no? From what several people said on this thread, it would be perfectly acceptable for them to sell a newbie a 7mm Rem Mag, and a box of .280, because their both 7mm's. We shouldn't expect them to know anything. Come on now, this stuff is just plain dangerous, and if your going to work in this field, you should nknow what your talking about! And if anybody disagree's with that, then I can't wait to hear your ##### and moan stories down the road.
The guy that said he would spend his money wherever he wants is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!! It's called free enterprise!!
In the last few years I have bought guns from the sports store in Williams Lake BC (after hearing about a gun here); Bashaw Sports; P&D Enterprises; Wholesale Sports; S.I.R.; Russell Sports; the Equip. Exchange. If I see a gun that I gotta get then I spend my money.
Places like Wholesale Sports, Russell Sports and S.I.R. all sell on volume. You are buying a discount price, expect the same in service. FWIW I have had excellent catalogue service from all 3, as long as the item is in stock.
I have learned to walk into Wholesale Sports, Edmonton store looking for a specific item(s), buy it and get out. The guys behind the counter do as good a job as they can. Some of 'em make me roll my eyes but so what, I'm sure they think I'm an idiot too... get in line...
The smaller shops have to EARN repeat business, through improved customer service and product knowledge at the counter, plus they will get more specialty items. The guy that is complaining about giving the customer "free service" needs to think about that again. It isn't free, it's all by the hour and it's your job. It's quality customer service in exchange for repeat business.
That's where shops like P&D are excellent. They give a pretty decent price on some items , carry stuff you will not get anywhere else, and excellent service.
Look at the recent Marlin deal they did, with all the vintage NIB Marlins! That was very cool (although I did not get any of those guns).
In the last few years I have bought guns from the sports store in Williams Lake BC (after hearing about a gun here); Bashaw Sports; P&D Enterprises; Wholesale Sports; S.I.R.; Russell Sports; the Equip. Exchange. If I see a gun that I gotta get then I spend my money.
Places like Wholesale Sports, Russell Sports and S.I.R. all sell on volume. You are buying a discount price, expect the same in service. FWIW I have had excellent catalogue service from all 3, as long as the item is in stock.
I have learned to walk into Wholesale Sports, Edmonton store looking for a specific item(s), buy it and get out. The guys behind the counter do as good a job as they can. Some of 'em make me roll my eyes but so what, I'm sure they think I'm an idiot too... get in line...
The smaller shops have to EARN repeat business, through improved customer service and product knowledge at the counter, plus they will get more specialty items. The guy that is complaining about giving the customer "free service" needs to think about that again. It isn't free, it's all by the hour and it's your job. It's quality customer service in exchange for repeat business.
That's where shops like P&D are excellent. They give a pretty decent price on some items , carry stuff you will not get anywhere else, and excellent service.
Look at the recent Marlin deal they did, with all the vintage NIB Marlins! That was very cool (although I did not get any of those guns).
Donny Fenn1
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootenays
FN said:
sorry, but in this country right now if you aren't getting paid what you think you are worth, quit and go for more money.
in retail a job is worth "x" dollars and if the store thinks you are worth more more you will get paid more more (or compensated somehow) most if not all of the big hunting/shooting stores could learn a lesson from the ski or bike independents out there about customer service (note i said independents not FGL)
the staff are paid peanuts but are working retail because they love the sport...the same should be true for WSS/LeBaron/Russells etc...
in calgary anyways it seems the same dudes float around from store to store...
