After reading about the Gaylans deals here on the group, I stopped in one during a hellish 2 hour each way drive to watch my sister's kid have his birthday party and run in circles with his friends like he does anyway.
I pick out some patches, and some NASCAR box 22LRs for a friend who is a super rabid fan.
I admire the colllection of 92FSs for each of the 5 services on sale at a rather decent retail store price, and ask the girl about the Q3131A winnie white box.
Nope, they don't have any.
I look myself, and barely spot it over the 6 feet between the counter and shelves.
I get the guy to get it. Specially marked up to $3.99 a box, you can even read where they lined out the old price.
He gets all nasty when I ask about the price hike. Even snottier when I ask if the 10% discount is good for the rounds...and really nasty snotty when I ask if there is another NASCAR 22 box in good shape. Lots of sarcasm.
I buy the 22s anyway, since I have not seen them elsewhere.
I don't think I will shop there again. Pistol prices were okay for a retail store, and they sold CCW guns unlike a lot of the chains who only sell big pistols as a policy. Someone at the top must be okay, but they hire 1. Stupid and 2. Rude counter help.
Plus, our sales tax is 6%. In order to compete on an equal basis with Eric they would have to price down to $3.75 per box. In order to compete with Eric's door service they would have to know another .25 off per box, even if I lived close (which I don't)
Since Eric is nice and they suck, they would have to take an additional one dollar off per box to get me in, over the .50 for the other stuff.
They ain't gonna do that, and I bet they don't hire better help either.