Kirk Freeman
Grandmaster
What do you guys think?
The half empty bucket is noisy and sloshes about, the full bucket is silent. Chinese proverb.
What do you guys think?
The half empty bucket is noisy and sloshes about, the full bucket is silent. Chinese proverb.
Maybe females do this more often. If I see someone looking at something I own, I will often tell them I have it, and especially if they then ask me questions about it, I will tell them what I think. I know I've done this at the motorcycle dealership, and usually the customer is another woman. I've had people do the same to me, like if I am looking at shoes, someone might say, "oh, I have those shoes, they are so comfortable!" In the grocery store the other day, I noticed someone looking at a new product that I had recently tried, so I told them I had tried it and thought it was good. I've had people say the same to me, and I've tried things I might not have tried otherwise. Some good, some not. When husband and I are looking at tools, etc., it happens sometimes too. None of it bothers me unless the person is particularly annoying. There are some salespeople we find annoying as well, and we try to avoid them. I guess for me it's not so much the advice, but the way it is given.You take the average guy, say anyone who posts on INGO and ask the OP's question but, insert another type of retail store like clothing, shoes, furniture, bicycles, motorcycles etc. etc., and I would bet that very few have walked up to someone and explained why to the other patron that theymay or may not want to buy the sofa, shoes, jacket etc. etc. that the salesman is showing them.
my take on random advice in a gun shop is that it is usually a dick measuring contest to show the other men in the room that you are more knowlegable about firearms than the next guy and it is rarely in the interest of the other patron.
i almost never give advice and usually shut people off if they start with me, you ask ten guys about the same gun and you get 10 different answers anyway.
, so I don't offer my opinion unless asked.
Rarely talk to other customers at the LGS or anywhere for that matter. I hear all kinds of advise, both good and bad. I feel with any product, you should do your homework.
A.Fricken.Men!I do carry an airweight .38 at times, but they are not all that fun to practice with.
I was waiting for a post like this : I was in our "favorite" east side Indy lgs, and a guy was looking at a pistol. I butted in and asked, does a $100.00 mean a lot to you? He said it sure does. I said, then shop around, that gun is cheaper other places. He said where? I answered Bradis, on Ky. Ave. The guy behing the counter, got kind of MAD ..... I just left.....I watched a man purchase an S&W M&P .22LR at Gander Mountain. They paid over $40 more than I had recently paid at an LGS, and $60 more than what they were selling for at the gun show that day.
Rose-Hulman students have an interesting take on a common expression, namely, "Friends don't let friends go to Purdue." So, friends don't let friends overpay by $60. But I had never seen this buyer before. What to do?
I quietly turned and walked away. My tongue was sore for several days.
Maybe females do this more often. If I see someone looking at something I own, I will often tell them I have it, and especially if they then ask me questions about it, I will tell them what I think. I know I've done this at the motorcycle dealership, and usually the customer is another woman. I've had people do the same to me, like if I am looking at shoes, someone might say, "oh, I have those shoes, they are so comfortable!" In the grocery store the other day, I noticed someone looking at a new product that I had recently tried, so I told them I had tried it and thought it was good. I've had people say the same to me, and I've tried things I might not have tried otherwise. Some good, some not. When husband and I are looking at tools, etc., it happens sometimes too. None of it bothers me unless the person is particularly annoying. There are some salespeople we find annoying as well, and we try to avoid them. I guess for me it's not so much the advice, but the way it is given.