First off, thank you to tiriaq and other moderation team for their hard work monitoring CGN - we certainly appreciate their professionalism.
One of the reasons we participate on CGN is the awesome community, and we like to be able to interact with end users. As a distributor, we are somewhat removed from consumers. This year has been even worse on this front, as we've not attended any shows where we speak with consumers directly. So, in the interest of sharing info and interacting with the public, we're open to constructive discussion. However, this needs to remain civil and respectful. We've removed names of dealers - let's keep this professional and not single out any parties.
With regards to Ruger; we are one of two authorized distributors in Canada. Big Rock Sports is the other. There is a large distributor that grey-markets Ruger products (they are not authorized by Ruger to sell into Canada). There are also two grey-marketing dealers that import Ruger and offer dealer pricing (though we hear from dealers this option is rarely opted for, due to minimal room for any profit).
No distributor has the ability to dictate where dealers purchase products, as the dealers have options.
As mentioned, we are open to continuing this conversation, so long as we all remain civil.
Regards,
KGL
