Gun City Ha! A certain Mr T. T. threatened to 'destroy us, and our dealer network', and called us really nasty things in an email (clever guy), because we had the Pulsar Night Vision distributorship, and he didn't.
We're still going 12 months later, and adding around 5 new outlets per month, so it was all bark and no bite.
I say, let them do what they want, there are plenty of other shops to buy from.
I just bought a mag from them, because no one else was bothered to import it for me.
Price wasn't too bad either, better than being r*ped over a barrel by Beretta.
Beretta is the sole importer of Sako and Tikka products. You cant buy from them directly anyway, gotta go though a store
I bought a thing directly from Beretta
Also gun city are nice for a place to point to and say "literally everything they do, do the opposite"
Wish that was the case could do with the money but no!.never delt with them so i really cant offer anything either way, imo if you get a bad feed from a resturant do you keep going back? really whats the point of this thread except to have a winge!
I see no problem with publicly complaining about shitty retailers, might improve the quality in general, and if they're being unjustly criticised they can join up and defend themselves
by the looks theyd have a shit show aye! I agree with trying to get retailers to lift there game but if they arnt getting the message personaly they wont listen!
They wont listen anyway they make there money from the niave and gullable. Educated punters only bother when theres a sale or no other avaiable stock.
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Dealt with them before I was in the trade and while a bit pricey on some stuff they were often the only ones who would have the items. Asked one of the guys why that was one day his answer We buy the entire stock lots sometimes" fair enough I thought .
Now I deal with them from time to time in the shop both their w/sale division and get the odd hard to find gun from the shop side as they will occasionally sell those to us as well. Never had any real issues either way .
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to hear you having a cry.............again:ORLY:
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That's the key. Same thing goes for that thieving fucker in Dunners that owns the fnh thing. He is believe it or not worse than those in chch, but the dumbarses still walk in the door and throw money at the fuckwit.
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As Gimp said, he has bought direct from Beretta.
Anyway, I'm not looking for an argument, especially over GC! I was just saying there is some good there, not all rotten eggs.
Im going to be the devils advocate and say they have their place.
I personally dont buy there, but others do.
If you dont like them dont shop there. they wont miss you
the bones of this is they have a slightly higher margin and their service isnt top knotch.
not enough reason to get upset over.
they screwed you over in the past? get over it. dont shop there again
bang on!
They basically appeal to people who have a loose interest in guns and walk in off the street and go "Wow! Look at that!"
Their 870's are actually pretty fuckin good. I should say their Norinco 870's. I may still get one and use a side saddle to cover up the GC logo.
They weigh a fuckin tonne^^
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They are fucking heavy but mine lasted the season and never jammed so it cant be bad. the best thing was its cheap and chips and it didn't bother me taking it anywhere. Had it covered in sand and still went.
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I thought the one I handled was the biggest bucket of puss I've ever seen - rough and loose dont even come close to describing :D
The ones I've used I have been impressed with the quality for the price.Quote:
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After I sent mine back and got the new barrel it has had no problems. its a little heavy but everything is solid and still works.
This day and age, there shouldnt be guns getting sent back all the time
You hear it all the time with new stuff being brought in 'we've had 5 or so with issues, but for the numbers thats good' - NO its shit - if you have 100 guns (or less) with 5 having issues - thats 5%+ failure rate (that you know of) - totally unacceptable, we're talking a realistic rate higher than that with some guns volume and its just shit.
In the US, there would have been a total recall of the product on the 1st couple of instances (current one is Stainless barrel Howas being recalled due to an instance of a loose barrel)
Obviously you get what you pay for with Norinco anything (80s AKs are very good) but new barrels, new bolts, triggers, bars all the time .... isnt an isolated incidence. Tolerances are as if a drunken circus monkey machined them.
Ever seen the 1st couple of generations of 1897 shotguns.. a REEEEEEAAAAAALY drunk and stoned circus monkey machined those too
M305 - puke...
Remington are pretty great too
Sako's where having catastrophic failure on the first shot at one point too. But that proves nothing. You get what you pay for, buying a Chicom gun your gambling with the competence of QC the day it was put together. I gambled with M305's twice and came close to being severely injured the second time around. Mates have had them and had very good luck with them. My SKS is unstoppable, sufficiently accurate and has never been a problem. I've witnessed the Rear sight fall off one during competition. When they want to, they can make a good gun. But it's a gamble.
If they were priced proportionately to their mfg cost, different story
Different factorys making the civi vs mil guns, and the quality difference is very obvious
all rifles are puss unless they are SAKO !:thumbsup:
80 percent of the rifles for sale on trade me are from gun city. It's like they own that shit. Never at a good price either. Once in a while a dollar reserve piece of shit will be for sale. Only advantage of them posting all there over priced guns is they hide the good deals from normal people in the pile of shitty gun shitty overpriced auctions.
And it is just the little things like advertsing a Harrington and Richardson Topper on TM as "new" and then going on to describe the various barrels that come with it in terms of %age condition ie a 22 Hornet barrel 60-70% barrel condition, 60-70% metal work condition. These are hardly the descriptions for a new firearm. I am sure the "new" is just a simple listing error and will fool confuse no one.............
I always go in there when im in Chch for a look around.
if im after something i always ask for the most knowledgable sales person in that field so i don't get "I dunno" when asking questions.
if you do go into GC always ask for their best price and they generally knock off 10 15% sometimes more. its like a turkish market you got to haggle.
Yeah but it's 10-15% off a mental price anyway. You go into your local gun store and you can get a 10-15% discount off a reasonable price.Quote:
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Everyone's gotta make money, and you can't blame them for that, but there's a lot of sneaky shit going on, like what Zimmer said. I've haggled up to $300 off rifles with them that were going for under a grand. They just put hundreds and hundreds of dollars more than other stores if they aren't common firearms and they don't think other people have them . But, if you hand over the $$, then it's not their fault is it?
As with shopping for everything, if you're going to buy something as expensive as a gun, do your homework before you buy for ut.
I see it as if someone can make a business out of selling things for a very high profit margin, best of luck to them, guns or no guns.
OK, I don't shop there. I don't particuarly like them. Bought a magazine off them once, cos on sale, it was the cheapest in the country at the time ( :) yes i felt a bit dirty afterwards) Yes, most of their stuff is well over priced, but if some one will pay it, hey, go for it.
Back in the day I was tempted by their 870 copies, till i found a second hand Wingmaster 870 for half the price.
Don't get me wrong theres no way i would buy a rife or scpe without research.Quote:
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i don't generally spend more than 200 bux and i cant de farkd researching to save $30 $40.
im an impulse buyer. i don't know i need it until i see it.
I got my missus an 870 clone from their Auckland branch for Xmas last year. Got them down to $350 for the ghost ring 18.5 inch model, with 4 boxes of Federal 00 buck. Heavy as fuck, machining isn't pretty, but it works. And the finish is better than my brothers 870 Wingmaster.
My SKS seems like it will keep shooting till the end of time, but thanks to the design I don't think it's possible for it not to.
I brought one of their 870's. Complete crap, never again.