Idiot gun store website designs (rant)

[RayLCC]

Has anyone tried to buy any new iron lately? Is it just me or do gun shops go out of their way to make browsing their inventory online a hassel?

I've decided that I'm going to finally do my ccw (may have to take the class again, don't know yet) and figured I'd give myself a present and get a hammerless, snub-nosed revolver as a carry gun.
Did the research, decided on an S&W and thought: "I'll just look at a few local shops websites to see how much they are going for."
Yeah! :rolleyes:

Its like trying to nail down a price from a car salesman!

Heres what NORMAL sites that actually want to sell their merchandise do: They put a widget for sale, post a picture of said widget... And heres what seems to be the part gun shops don't understand:
YOU POST A PRICE THAT YOU WANT FOR THE WIDGET!!!
Yes, I understand I'll have to actually go to the shop to buy it, but I don't think its too much to ask to know pricing upfront.
Take for instance this A-K man guy.
I get on his site because hes local and close to home. click on the handguns tab, click on the S&W tab and figure I'll get a listing of all the S&W handguns he has in stock. NOPE! I'm greeted with another tab saying "Click here for revolvers"
Ok, I click there and figure I'll... Again... be taken to a page with his inventory of revolvers in stock and prices. Great! Thats what I wanted.
.................................................. ................................................

Nope!

What I get is a page with stock photos of the ENTIRE LINE of S&W revolvers, that look like he just cut and pasted them off the S&W website!
No additional info other than the model numbers, no way to click on them to check his inventory, no prices, nothing!
What an idiot! And its not just him, I checked out a few other local places that had sites (Gunroom, ect.) and they all seem to go out of their way to make price checking difficult.
I guess I'll be hitting the gun show next weekend for my new toy.
Anyone have any rebutable dealers they go through? I'm open to checking them out.
Thanks

[mattadams]

I don't know much about gun manufcaturers but I know when I was looking at gun safes for my dad (essentially so i could tell him what a STEAL I got his gun safe for by comparing it to what other places were charging online for it) I couldn't find hte price online anywhere, finally one site said something to the extent of "our contract with Cannon gun safes does not allow us to list our prices online, however if you'd like to receive a quote please call us at..."
Don't know if its the same or not :)

[bronc_17113]

ray gunstore websites are worthles as tits on a boarhog u may try gunbroker.com though

[Walking Eagle]

Ray, you also may want to consider buying a weapon you can get ammo for. It's been a tough market looking for ammo locally and online for the past several months. Many local stores have nothing. Just this week Sportsman Warehouse had some .40 and Gander Mountain had .45 for the Glock. .22 LR hollow point, and shotgun slugs were available at both stores, but no buckshot. 9mm has been damn near impossible to find.

Basically it's whenever you happen to walk in the store and come across something, you buy it.

[mattadams]

good thing I have a case of 9mm in the basement for when armageddan comes! :)

[Walking Eagle]

It makes it tough to go out and target shoot, if you can't restock your supplies.

[bronc_17113]

jeff if you want to buy some 9 or 40 I think i have some layin around :D

[Walking Eagle]

Appreciate the offer Don. Supplies are pretty good. I just mentioned above what I've seen in the stores.

[foxfire]

i need some .40 s&w if ya got it and i am looking for some 7.62 x 39 for my A/K. i am also looking for clips for an a/k

[bronc_17113]

i have a few boxes

[foxfire]

of the .40 or the 7.62

[bronc_17113]

.40 once i get moved ill let ya know what i have and how much so you can determine if it is worth your time to drive up here.

[RayLCC]

LoL! Yeah, I'e seen the same thing on store shelves lately. I've got a few .357 mags so I have plenty of .38 around for light shooters.
Lets just say if the Sandinistas envade my block I'm pretty much stocked up on ammo to handle it... However, if my house ever catches fire... RUN! :)

[foxfire]

.40 once i get moved ill let ya know what i have and how much so you can determine if it is worth your time to drive up here.
cool

[Walking Eagle]

Gander Mountain in Thornton had two pallets of ammo delivered toda while dad was there. He picked up about $500 worth to replenish last weekends target shooting. He got 22, 9mm, 40, 45, and shotgun shells. My dad was told all Gander stores had deliveries.