SoCal Guns returning , SD

[Spoilerv2]

While at the Starbucks getting a frap, I saw that SoCal Guns accross the street is coming back. Hopefully with better prices.

[The Paper Pimp]

and better customer service and better selection.

[Gutz]

Another LGS, nice.

[joker70]

and better customer service and better selection.

Selection wasn't that bad for a small LGS. It was their prices that needed to be better. Customer service wasn't terrible for me either, just not the same as DAS or the shops on Miramar Rd.

[gigglemonkee]

Miramar road stores are always good. I won't go into das anymore. Their service is terrible.

[Corbin Dallas]

This has been covered before.

[Agent 0range]

Miramar road stores are always good. I won't go into das anymore. Their service is terrible.

????? I've always found them to have some of the best customer service in SD.

[GMG]

So Cal Gun............Terrible service, high prices plus fud..........Who Really cares!

[Fishslayer]

Miramar road stores are always good. I won't go into das anymore. Their service is terrible.

Maybe it's you. Most people rave about their CS. My experience with them was excellent.

So Cal Gun............Terrible service, high prices plus fud..........Who Really cares!

They had the odd good consignment deal... I always found the service to be satisfactory.

[gigglemonkee]

Maybe it's you. Most people rave about their CS. My experience with them was excellent.



They had the odd good consignment deal... I always found the service to be satisfactory.

I just hate when I ask to special order a hard to find gun and say I'm willing to wait and a shop still says "good luck with that" and laughs.

[Fishslayer]

I just hate when I ask to special order a hard to find gun and say I'm willing to wait and a shop still says "good luck with that" and laughs.

That's not bad service. That's life in Kalifornistan. It took me 2 years+ to get an SR1911.

[gigglemonkee]

That's not bad service. That's life in Kalifornistan. It took me 2 years+ to get an SR1911.

The bad service is when you aren't even willing to say ok and take an order for it and just laugh at someone for trying to find something other than a gen4 glock or a 1911

[Agent 0range]

The bad service is when you aren't even willing to say ok and take an order for it and just laugh at someone for trying to find something other than a gen4 glock or a 1911

I think you just need some thicker skin. I was laughed at by multiple LGSs when I kept calling to find a Ruger SR22 in stock somewhere a few months ago. I didn't let it bother me though because I knew a lot of people were looking for them at the time. Persistence paid off and I ended up getting one on sale at one of the stores that laughed at me a month before.

[pc_load_letter]

I really have a hard time seeing the logic in opening a gun store right now. Of course, if they have all the left over inventory from the old owner, that may be one thing, but just about all lgs in San Diego has next to nothing in the way of handguns. (Not sure how turners looks). And with this legislation and political climate, I can't see how one can survive.

If you gave me a couple million to open a business, despite loving firearms, I probably would not opt for a gun shop.

CA+post-sandy hook= not so rosy an outlook in CA.

[Merc1138]

The bad service is when you aren't even willing to say ok and take an order for it and just laugh at someone for trying to find something other than a gen4 glock or a 1911

I've run into that same situation with a bunch of shops in the bay area over guns.

If you're ordering something with an expectedly long lead time, but doesn't have 10,000 other people waiting in line, it makes sense(like waiting on something custom). If you're trying to order something that a shop hasn't been able to get in stock for ages because the distributors or manufacturers have no inventory, or the demand is so ridiculously high, they simply don't want to deal with it.

If the shops could get their hands on some of those popular items, they'd keep them in regular inventory. Looking for a particular 1911 that didn't even need an SSE, couldn't find it anywhere. Got answers from shops ranging between "well we've had 5 of those on order for a year" to "we haven't received anything from that manufacturer in 6 months" and even "well, we could do it, but you might be waiting a couple of years".

I'm not even talking about during a panic, I'm talking about the middle of 2011 or so. You're better off looking around till you find whatever it is in stock, and then get it transferred through your local FFL.

Think about it from the shop's perspective. What good does it do them(or even you) to have money tied up in something that's going to be on order indefinitely? If you wanted some custom les baer or whatever that they could get a lead time on, it makes sense. If it's for a ruger sr1911 that even being mass produced no one can get a hold of, there's no point. They may not even be able to get on a list to order something for you if everything is already allocated.