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n5wd wrote:And for those that are so adamant about not shopping online - I suppose you won't purchase at a gun show, either?

I simply won't buy a gun online as I
(1) want to feel it, see it, know it is the proper condition
(2) don't want to add to the cost of the gun by having to pay an FFL
(3) don't want to add to the time, by having to drive to that FFL to get the gun
(4) much like when I buy a new car, I want to drive it NOW, so I want to head to PSC NOW
(5) I hate waiting for deliveries!

And before you ask, I rarely buy ANYTHING online, for those exact same reasons, not just guns.
Once in a great while I will buy online, if I cant get it locally, or if it is a long term needed item, like a Christmas present I am buying a couple months in advance.

I will browse at a local store, whether it be Academy, The Arms Room, or any other brick and mortar store, without the intention of buying 'that day', sometimes.

Not with the intention to buy online (I have never bought a gun online), but with the intention to learn the feel and then do some more research.
Will I go back to that store where I originally felt the gun and buy it?

Depends.... Do they still have it? is it priced competitively with other Brick and Mortars? Am I in a different store and see it and have the money burning a hole in my pocket?

I have had the opportunity one time, to go to a gun show (4 years ago I think) when I first held the Springfield XD sub compact 9mm.
I liked it, but wanted to check something out.
Went home to get my wife, as I thought she would like it, took her to The Arms Room, and they showed her (and I) a lot about it, and I was ready to buy, until they said the price was $630, when the Gun Show in Pasadena was just $410
I thanked them for the explanations and immediately drove back to the Pasadena and bought it for a savings of over $200.

I have bought 2 or 3 other guns at The Arms Room, and knowingly paid $30-50 more than Academy, as I do appreciate the mom-n-pop gun stores, but $200 was way too much of a premium