do you haggle at the gun store?

[wash]

I've tried but not had what I would call success. If I go in to a shop and they have a gun I want but the price is too high, I'll ask if they can do anything on the price. Usually they will offer to come down a little but never to a price that's reasonable.

I saved about $400 on a $600 gun buy ordering it online and transferring it at a kitchen table FFL. That's right, I would have paid about $1,100 if I bought it from an FFL with a store front. It did need to have a mag lock installed before it entered CA but I got it done and transferred for about $700 total. It sucks paying $700 for a $600 gun but it's a hell of a lot better than spending $1,100 or even $1,200 if I hadn't asked about the price.

Most of the time if the price of an item I want is not reasonable at the gun shop (I will allow a little mark up for their overhead), I don't bother haggling, I just find a way to order online or use a kitchen table FFL.

I dearly want to support my local gun shops but they make it hard with their pricing.