Well I picked up a new Model 60 for squirrel season, and took it apart to familiarize myself with it. Rushing to get it back together I accidentally bent the recoil spring.
Anyways, I call Jims
to see if they have one since I'm right around the corner. They do, $10 but will only sell it to me if I bring my rifle in so they can verify that I actually need it. What's the reasoning behind this? Anyways, load up the rifle and head over. I get there and the cashier takes my gun and wipes it down for some reason, and then sends it off with some guy in the back to get my spring. He comes back out with the spring and says it will be $20 to install it. I say "I do not want it installed, over the phone someone said it was 10 bucks and I could just buy it." He replies, "Well you CAN, but we will NEVER take it back, EVER." I have no clue what he is talking about, and ask him, to which he replies, "If it's the wrong one, we will NEVER do an exchange." I laugh and pull my bent one out of my pocket, it checks out so I tell him lets do it.
We get to cash register, and I asked how much to install, to which he says 5 bucks, so I go ahead and ask him to drop it in so I don't have to mess with it. As soon as he walks off I start saying, "SIR! HEY! HEY MAN!" because I realize I left the guide rod and pin that holds the action to the receiver at my house. He just keeps on truckin it to the back, comes out literally 1 minute later holding a guide rod. "You need one of THESE TOO MAN!" I reply, "No I don't man, I left the guide rod, AND PIN at the house, which I why I was yelling at you when you were walking off and ignoring me." "Ok, I'll just go back there and put it back together", then he huffs.
Back at counter. Guess what, $35 bucks is my total. So I say no man it should be ten plus tax.
Him: No sir, I disassembled and reassembled you rife so I have to charge you the minimum 25 dollar fee
Me: Yeah right
Him: What
Me: Your kidding right
Him: No, does it look like I'm kidding
Me: No, but does it look like I'm going to pay you 25 dollars for something that took 2 minutes, and I tried to stop you from doing. But you ignored me anyway
Him: Well, I was off the floor for at least 3 minutes, and you owe the business for the time I could be making sales.
Me:
Him: Ok man, just give us the ten and don't come back
Moral: I go here about every 5-6 months out of pure desperation. I learn my lesson everytime.
Anyways, I call Jims
to see if they have one since I'm right around the corner. They do, $10 but will only sell it to me if I bring my rifle in so they can verify that I actually need it. What's the reasoning behind this? Anyways, load up the rifle and head over. I get there and the cashier takes my gun and wipes it down for some reason, and then sends it off with some guy in the back to get my spring. He comes back out with the spring and says it will be $20 to install it. I say "I do not want it installed, over the phone someone said it was 10 bucks and I could just buy it." He replies, "Well you CAN, but we will NEVER take it back, EVER." I have no clue what he is talking about, and ask him, to which he replies, "If it's the wrong one, we will NEVER do an exchange." I laugh and pull my bent one out of my pocket, it checks out so I tell him lets do it. We get to cash register, and I asked how much to install, to which he says 5 bucks, so I go ahead and ask him to drop it in so I don't have to mess with it. As soon as he walks off I start saying, "SIR! HEY! HEY MAN!" because I realize I left the guide rod and pin that holds the action to the receiver at my house. He just keeps on truckin it to the back, comes out literally 1 minute later holding a guide rod. "You need one of THESE TOO MAN!" I reply, "No I don't man, I left the guide rod, AND PIN at the house, which I why I was yelling at you when you were walking off and ignoring me." "Ok, I'll just go back there and put it back together", then he huffs.
Back at counter. Guess what, $35 bucks is my total. So I say no man it should be ten plus tax.
Him: No sir, I disassembled and reassembled you rife so I have to charge you the minimum 25 dollar fee
Me: Yeah right
Him: What
Me: Your kidding right
Him: No, does it look like I'm kidding
Me: No, but does it look like I'm going to pay you 25 dollars for something that took 2 minutes, and I tried to stop you from doing. But you ignored me anyway
Him: Well, I was off the floor for at least 3 minutes, and you owe the business for the time I could be making sales.
Me:
Him: Ok man, just give us the ten and don't come back
Moral: I go here about every 5-6 months out of pure desperation. I learn my lesson everytime.
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