I had a very poor experience at Trader's as well. When I was shopping for my firearm I wanted not only to get advise but I also wanted to make sure that the purchase I was to make was what suited my needs. This required a couple of trips. Once I made a decesion on a certain firearm, I told a friend about what I was planning on buying, he too wanted one of them. The next week he went into the store with the money in his pocket to buy this gun, but one of the workers talked him out of it. The worker told my friend that this gun often locks down and he shouldn't buy it. This gun is a S&W .357 mag M&P 340 model. It is not a jammer! I wrote off my friends experience and deceided to go ahead and go to traders and purchase this gun inspite of the experience my friend had. But first I asked my neighbor about what he thought about this weapon (since he is on the Sheriff's dept and uses this as a backup) and he told me that it was a very reliable gun and that I should ask for the owner of the shop when I go in to Traders because he knows him personally and said that he was different that the worker that my friend ran into. Well, he sure was. He was ready to sell me the gun, but the only one that he had was the display gun and it was one that had been dropped a few times (the scars were on the gun to prove it). I asked him if he could order me one from the factory, and he said that he could, but that he couldn't promise that the price would be the same. So I asked him if he would be willing to take a little off of this one since it was damaged goods. He refused. I never asked for any amount, I was just looking for him to take a ""little off"" because of the damage to the gun. Needless to say, I had the money in my pocket and so I traveled to Anderson and purchased the same gun for about $30 less and it wasn't damaged. My friend also purchased his gun at another store. Trader's not only lost a sale due to the experience my friend had, but they also lost a sale to me.
Pros: lots of selection
Cons: the treatment of customers is not on their priority list
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