5280 Armory

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Originally Posted by Timberlineshooter

Don't like them at all. Recommend Green Mountain guns or G & G guns.

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What? No endorsement for Prairie arms or Gunsmoke?
Jensens maybe?
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I have had nothing but good experiences in 5280 Armory.
and yes, we hit that citizenship thing as well. My Wife is a filipina.
I just bought it for her and gave it to her as a gift. You either get around it or you move along and get over it.

not saying Matt is a cheery and obnoxiously friendly Guy, but he always made sure I got what I needed if they had it.
Gina has always been nice, friendly and polite.

I quite like 5280, I've had good dealings there and the owners wife has always been real good to my sons. Just like Byte said the owner is not overly friendly but has always been accommodating and got me squared away.

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Originally Posted by sneakerd

Hey Timberline, please just take your business elsewhere- or open a shop of your own where you can make up your own rules. Every person and every business has the RIGHT to discriminate. You will be discriminating (i.e. choosing) when you shop somewhere else.

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+1 [Beer]

hours are crazy weird i couldnt even tell you what they are, but the first tim i went in i bought my sr556 because they were the only people in town with one good deal to i think i paid 13something out the door. I've been in probly 10 times and they are always helpfull no matter how busy they will let you fondle anything you want and they know there sh*t. They always have good deals on accesories to i buy something every time im in there. i give them a easy A+

I was leery of going there because of all the bad talk I'd heard. But my one and only experience there was pretty good. Neither of the guys that let me look at the pistols I wanted to see were very informative, or salesman like but I could pretty much care less about that. I do my own research, and make my own decisions on everything I buy. I'll always listen to opinions, but they just stood there mostly. Everything else was cool, i'd go back.

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Originally Posted by Colorado Luckydog

I'm not so sure about that place. The girls that work there could not be any nicer. The guys that work there are boderline rude and not that smart. Sometimes on the phone they are nice and sometimes they are rude as hell. I went down there to pick up a pistol grip for a Mossberg 500. The guy on the phone was very nice and told me what they had. When I got there the guy that was helping me said they didn't have what I was looking for. I looked around the store for a while and found it on my own. Then when I went to pay, they add 3% for credit crds. That's BS in my book. I wish Green Mountain Guns was open on Sundays. From now on I'm going to wait until my schedule allows me to swing into Green Mountain but I'm going to check to see if Green Mountain adds 3% for credit cards. If they do, I won't shop there either but I don't think they do.

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I read the above and remembered, from reading my own Merchant Agreement, that this is a Very Big No-No!!

VISA and MasterCard's Merchant Agreements are Virtually Identical. I Contacted VISA directly to confirm suspicions. Here is VISA's reply:

"Visa does not allow merchants to charge consumers a fee for using a Visa card because we do not believe that cardholders should be penalized for using their cards. Checkout fees on purchases are harmful to consumers and unfairly shift the cost of electronic payments onto consumers. In fact, ten states ban businesses from the practice to protect consumers, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Oklahoma."

Notice that the practice is not only a NO-NO with VISA, but it is BANNED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO.

Yet nothing in the processing agreement or state law prevents a merchant from offering a discount for cash/check transactions. Semantics are everything. I just accept that processing fees are part of the cost of doing business, so everyone gets a fair price, regardless of how they pay.

[Beer]

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Originally Posted by TFOGGER

Yet nothing in the processing agreement or state law prevents a merchant from offering a discount for cash/check transactions. Semantics are everything. I just accept that processing fees are part of the cost of doing business, so everyone gets a fair price, regardless of how they pay.
[Beer]

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Exactly. If you post a price and/or quote a price, you Cannot Increase that price at the time of payment WITH RESPECT TO THE TYPE OF TENDER OFFERED. You can, however, DECREASE the price, in the form of a Discount, for Preferred Tender Modality.

In short: If you post or quote a price for a product/merchandise in a Licensed Retail Establishment, in Colorado, that price is only subject to Increase by the addition of State & Local Sales Taxes... PERIOD.

They need to change their signs and wordage. I am a retailer and the processing from Visa and MC are very clear. You can offer a cash discount off the marked or posted price,, you can NOT have a price then upcharge for using a credit card.. Their signs say "Prices marked reflect a cash discount, 3% will be added for credit card usage." They really need to change that to be in full compliance with merchant processing laws in Colorado. It needs to read. Prices marked do not reflect a 3% discount if cash sale. Or 3% discount on all cash sales. Maybe I will mention it to her when I am in the store today.
Im sure that will be a popular conversation...[Bang]

As a newbie to the AR-15 world I wasn't incredibly thrilled with the man that assisted me. So hear is my letter to him via co-ar15.com


Dear Guy With Bad Customer Service Skills(working in a customer service position),

I understand policies of 1 gun out at a time, but don't get "huffy" and "puffy" if I want to hold 4 guns 3-4 times a piece. Don't get an attitude when I ask what this particular manufacturer recommends for ammunition(steel vs brass), and what the break in process. I know that I am only going to spend one thousand measly dollars on this gun and accessories.

Thanks and never return to your shop,
Owner of his first of many Ar's and etc.