I wish they would sell used guns, but they gunbroker them all.

I've had great experiences at Middlefield, Chesterland, but Madison is hit and miss when it comes to customer service.  I've been in there on a couple occasions when the gun counter guys were openly ridiculing a customer after he/she left.  I avoid going to Madison unless I can help it.  Atwells is 20 further and as exceptional service.

Kinda stinks, in the past they've had amazing deals in their flyer when a store opens.  Their price on the Shield was the only thing that caught my eye.

They were marketing geniuses back in 2010 when our sheriff (no offense Shotar), went to the Cleveland market media and announced that Ashtabula County was going to have no road patrols.  They sent out flyers to everyone in the county within a couple weeks.  That was how I learned of them since they were only in Middlefield and Chesterland at the time.  I bet they armed half the populace here that didn't already have guns.  Judge Mackey told people to arm themselves and look out for each other.  I know of a few people who never owned a firearm who went there to buy one and then took a CHL class locally.

Last year after Sandy Hook they were honoring their sales flyer that was already in the pipeline.  I'll give them credit for that.  PMC Xtac was flying out the door on the Monday following Sandy Hook for 289/case.  They were selling M&P's with the 17rd spare mag for 389 or 399, I can't remember but I picked up two.  A year earlier they had the Smith 642 for under 300 after rebate (like an idiot I didn't buy one).  They were high on their M&P 9 mags, at 34.00's until after the panic went crazy, then 34 bucks was a bargain.  I was smart enough to buy all they had in the Madison store last year.  I think they had 8 at the time.

When there isn't a sale, Gander has the advantage, at least for getting me to at least go into the store, by offering used guns.  You can get some amazing deals on "used" stuff on occasion.  I got a LNIB Ruger Mark II for 169.00, at the Mentor store.  My BIL picked a Sig .40 that retailed new at 1250.00 for just over 800 and it had three mags with it.  That was in Jan of '13, in the early stage of the panic.  I was with him while he was looking at new stuff.  I happened to look in the use side and saw it.  I asked to look it over and the thing looked brand new.  I mean zero grime in the mags, no wear on the top of the chamber, or barrel lockup.  I think it was a Christmas gift that someone traded in without firing a shot.

There was a girl up at the Madison store who really knew her stuff in both archery and the gun counter.  I haven't been into the store lately to see if she is still there.  Their were a couple others who were pleasant, just didn't seem to know a whole bunch.  There were a couple of real tools there during the same time frame that the blonde girl worked there, they were who I was referring to in my other post.