spacemanspiff
Senior Member
i've had good success buying my shotgun and 22 rifle from walmart, but i doubt i'd buy from them again. usually the sporting goods clerks i come across know what they are doing and arent complete dolts, except for the midtown manager that thinks the selling price of blazer .45acp 230gr fmj is $16, while the south store has it for like $8.50.
i've seen that red/green map, and apparently alaska stores can sell to a LOT of other states residents, which i thought was kinda cool.
the most ignorant moment i've had with walmart was when i bought a couple bulk packs of 12 gauge birdshot, and walked to the front cashier to pay for it. the clerk nearly had a heart attack, saying it was 'federal law blah blah blah had to have a manager escort me to the front blah blah blah'.
i smiled, and said, "well its walmarts policy to tell its employees things are 'federal law' when in fact they are not". she calmed down a bit after i explained that the bulk packs were found on the back wall, not behind the counter, and that there is no federal law stating a manager must walk my ammo to the front if i wish to pay for it outside the sporting goods department. i went back the next day for some .45acp ammo and told the sporting goods manager, he had a good laugh about it and informed the other managers that their clerks didnt know what was what.
i've seen that red/green map, and apparently alaska stores can sell to a LOT of other states residents, which i thought was kinda cool.
the most ignorant moment i've had with walmart was when i bought a couple bulk packs of 12 gauge birdshot, and walked to the front cashier to pay for it. the clerk nearly had a heart attack, saying it was 'federal law blah blah blah had to have a manager escort me to the front blah blah blah'.
i smiled, and said, "well its walmarts policy to tell its employees things are 'federal law' when in fact they are not". she calmed down a bit after i explained that the bulk packs were found on the back wall, not behind the counter, and that there is no federal law stating a manager must walk my ammo to the front if i wish to pay for it outside the sporting goods department. i went back the next day for some .45acp ammo and told the sporting goods manager, he had a good laugh about it and informed the other managers that their clerks didnt know what was what.