Gander Mountain – Gastonia Store

Went to browse this morning and saw they had .22 ammo on sale. I heard one clerk advise there was a limit of 2 boxes of 325 round. I continued to shop then went back to pick up the 2 boxes. The price was not marked (big surprise) so I asked the clerk about the price. He gave me a price but told me the limit was 1 box. When I told him several customers were allowed to buy 2 boxes, he replied «we took care of that now». I will not purchase anything from them again. Hello Amazon and
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Almost DOUBLE THE PRICE…
I recently had a rifle shipped to Gander Mountain because they were a FFL dealer.
Everyone of the choice of FFL dealers you could ship the rifle to was between $ 20 an $ 35 dollars for handling the transaction.
I choose Gander Mountain… I mean, You know, National Company… big store. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the would charge 79.95.
I WAS STUNNED!
While I was there I purchased a CASE of shells… looked at another rifle, rifle case… some accessories. Heck, I had found my new go-​to-​place. Until I want to check out.
It never occurred to me to ask the price of handling the outside rifle purchase… I mean, everyone else was between $ 20 & $ 35 dollars… RIGHT!
I had a cow. I asked the clerk and he said he didn’t understand why they charged so muck… he had actually questioned it himself. I asked to speak to a supervisor.
My life’s experience has taught me that if you give someone a chance to do the right thing… they usually will.
I told the supervisor… I was willing to pay him the $ 79.95 handling fee even though he was almost double EVERYONE ELSE… But it would be the most expensive $ 35 the store had ever made because they were going to lose a new customer not to mention I was going to post on every web site I could how OUTRAGEOUS their pricing was.
He agreed and was very nice… until 15 minutes passed and the STORE MANAGER showed up. Not So Nice. I explained once again how out of line their pricing was… I mean, they pricing matching on every other item in the store… but this guy wanted to exact a price.
WHAT WAS THE PRICE… for a reduced fee, nothing less than my admittance that I was threatening him if I did’t get a reduction… and I mean he was nose to nose and in my face.
By that time I was insisting that I should pay the radically high fee… and he kept trying to get me to admit I was threatening him with negative post (like this one).
So, he reduced it to $ 39.95 and lost a customer anyhow.
Why would I… or anyone want to go to a place where they will brow beat you if you present them with competitions pricing… even though it is their company policy.
I didn’t purchase the hard case, shotgun, safe and other items I was looking at… because I know there is some other retail establishment who wants my business.
Academy Sports… here I come!

Awesome place. I’ve made several trips now. Staff was friendly. Can’t get out of the store without at least spending $ 100 on something. Most everything is MSRP, but I live close enough to take advantage of sales. Only downside is they need a little more selection in knifes, (not just gerber) and apparel. (Was looking for UA base layer thermals. Only found one color)