Stay away from this place. DO NOT CONSIGN GUNS . Not trustworthy and partners Jeff and other owner obviously do not communicate with one another. I consigned three guns with them for sale. They were recommended by a very respected business person in Brandon and I knew Jeff was associated with the Brandon Foundation. Checked in one month after consigning the guns and noticed one was missing from the floor. I asked about it and was told iit had just been sold. They had to wait for three day wait period. I thought that was great. Went back in next day to see what the gun sold for as I had forgot to ask the previous day. Jeff pulled out his sale log and showed me it sold for $600.00. Great! I was only asking $550.00. They got me an extra $50.00 or so I thought. I asked Jeff when check would be sent. I was told the end of the month. I went along with it though I checked my contract and it stated cash payments payed immediately, checks paid within 48 hours of check clearing the bank. It took several weeks for me to get paid and my comission check was based off a $550.00 sale. Their contract states they keep 25% of the final selling price not asking price. When I questioned this, they mysteriously could not locate the paperwork to show me the proof of sale with the date sold and amount paid. The other owner, the bald guy tells me they would not sell a gun for more than asking price. I told him Jeff showed me the the sales log showing a $600.00 purchase price. Response given back, Jeff should not have shown me this log as it is confidential info. Too late for that as it was already done. He then tries to tell me he knows nothing of this situation. I dealt with him three times about this gun. Each time firdt time I heard of it. If I called, answer was, I will call you back. Never got a call back. Eventually after going to the shop I was told they need to research it as the extra $50.00 may have been for ammo or services. Again, I was told they do not sell guns above asking price. I inquired about a muzzleloader that I consigned that was no longer on the floor. It had been off the floor for more than a week. I inquired about my payment for this as there is no waiting period on muzzleloaders and this time I pointed out there time line on the contract for payment. He payed me right there out of the till. I took my other gun that had not sold off consignment. I questioned why the gun never had a price tag on the gun. I was told we never put prices on consigned guns. We always ask for a higher number than the asking price so that we have wiggle room to negotiate the price to get to the consignors asking price. Thought you never sold guns for more than asking price. So if they give a price and the buyer says yes, my guess is they pocket the money, add to the bottom line and no one knows any better. Consignor gets what he wants and they get to pocket some extra cash. I would have thought everything was great if I had not been shown a sales slip showing the gun sold for $600.00. Nearly four months later and they still have never provided me proof of sale price and date sold. I have sold guns in a shop before. This is very easy information to provide to a customer when you are on the up and up. When you are trying to hide something, this info all the sudden becomes very hard to find. My opinion is these guys are either dishonest or inept. Either way, I would not want to deal with. I believe they sell your guns for more than asking price and then keep the money. I will gladly retract this statement of opinion if they would ever provide me proof of the sale of my gun. I want to see a copy of the origonal receipt with any confidential info blocked out. I have done it for others in my business past. It is quite easy to do if you are on the up and up.
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