Man... I went into Dicks Sporting Goods, a couple of months ago to kill some time while my wife was shopping at Target. since it was in the same parking lot, and there is not a whole lot interesting things for me at Target, I decided to kill time at Dicks
I started to shoot the shit with the guy behind the gun counter, just to see if he knew his shit, on some of the guns things he had for sell....
To my surprise, he was Fairly knowledgeable, in the realm of hunting rifles and shotguns, and although he was no Expert, and had a lot to learn, I have to give him a little credit, for at least knowing the differences between the various Firearms and different cal. and such....
but then, I LOST ALL RESPECT FOR HIM, AND HE ACTUALLY REALLY TICKED ME OFF....!!!
I started to ask him what's the deal with all the 22lr ammo, and how I can get my hand on some....
he started to tell me "good luck on getting some" and I would just have to come in early in the mornings and check to see if they have put any out...
then he kept trying to hint to me, to check around on Craigslist...
later on, he slipped up and told me that he had stock piled over 9,000 rounds of it, when he notice how everyone was coming in the mornings and going straight to the .22lr ammo...
he said with his discount, he was getting it dirt cheap, and that he would hold bricks back every time it came in... and either pay for it when he got off the clock... or call his room mate to come buy it... His Room mate just so happened to work at a different dicks closer to the Community college he was attended, and he and his room mate would hold back at each store, when ever it came in, and they had been selling it on craigslist for $85 a brick of 500 rds....!!! for extra cash...!!!! or cool trades...
but he really pissed me off when he said every now and then he would let a brick go for $45 or so... if he came across a guy that was like a dad just looking for some ammo to teach his boy to shoot...
who was this guy to decide who gets ammo and what price...
I started lay in on him, and he started to back pedal, and try and explain, that it was ammo he had bought befor the panic, and he just stock piled because it was so cheap befor the panic... (I guess he forgot he had told me that he and his "room mate' held back at each other's store when it came in..! ) and then he excused himself to the back to check on something, and never came back out....
Pissed me Off....!!!! freaking Dicks at Dicks...!!!!!