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I put a firearm in layaway to make sure it was available, and immediately emailed to ask about AR15 member discount.
I was told, no dice, no discounts applied after a purchase was made.
I only paid $200 on a $599 item, there still needs to be at least one more transaction, and Atlantic can't apply a discount?
Why bother advertising a discount for members?
Also having "unpublished" discounts is a little shady, how do people know they are getting the same discount?
Very disappointing.
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I dunno, man. By your own admission you agreed to pay a certain price for a certain item. Only after you entered into the transaction did you THEN think to ask about a discount. Which seems kinda backwards to me. Especially since their website unambiguously says that after an order is processed, there will be no price adjustments. Is there a specific reason you don't think their clearly-stated ordering guidelines should apply to you? And did you ever stop to consider Atlantic might have a perfectly legitimate reason for this policy? A reason for which you may not be aware?
I have to agree with Atlantic. There's a weird sense of entitlement in your post.
As for discounts, I suspect Atlantic doesn't publish those because the gun market in general, along with Atlantic's inventory, can drastically change literally within hours. In fact we've seen that in the past 9 days. If you wanted a Saiga AK the morning of July 16th, no problem. If you wanted that same gun 24 hours later, you needed to hope you had beat the other 200 sheep who suddenly decided they needed that AK. Within 48 more hours, a whole bunch of other AK's were completely sold out too. In other words, the current gun market doesn't really lend itself to small and mid-size companies committing to published discounts on limited inventory.
There's nothing "shady" about it, and I can understand Atlantic's frustration with being called "shady" when they're actually one of the most reputable firms in the business.