Thread: Good Gun Shop feedback

Originally Posted by Dougie

Went in there the other day (action), very disappointed Might give Craftys a whirl, is there anywhere else in Napier/Hastings that the staff members will actually speak to me and want to jack up some deals for free advertising for their shop? Don't really want to support H&F, interested in a family owned business if possible.

I miss my Mainly Hunting in Wellington

Who did you speak with there? I know the owners, most the staff there are normally pretty good eh. I know 3 of them.

The business has been sold and new local owner takes over Dec 1

Originally Posted by GWH

Who did you speak with there? I know the owners, most the staff there are normally pretty good eh. I know 3 of them.

The business has been sold and new local owner takes over Dec 1

South African guy. I had to pin him down to talk, with eye contact and "Gidday", picking up stuff going to the counter and I still couldn't get anyone to speak to me.

I asked, "do you not sell magazines here?" And he grunted a no, I said "oh. I write for NZO and I wanted to provide some free advertising of a shop in return for getting things posted here" another grunt, looking at the floor, I gave up at that point. No suggestion of who I could go to instead like who the manager or owner was to talk to. I bought my item and left in awkward silence.

I'm not trying to say I'm a big headed be all and end all.

What I loved about Mainly Hunting was the genuine love and enthusiasm of the outdoors and passion to get people onto things. They were always honest and helpful and excited. I was hoping for a similar thing in HB. Perhaps it was a bad day for this chap. I might give it another go but the mag may well say no anyway seeing as they don't sell any magazines.


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And they closed down, final day today

Originally Posted by Dougie

What I loved about Mainly Hunting was the genuine love and enthusiasm of the outdoors and passion to get people onto things. They were always honest and helpful and excited.


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Originally Posted by 308

And they closed down, final day today

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????

It's true
All they'd tell me is that the owner pulled the plug

As best I can tell the internet is the main competitor, not that bunch of spankcarrots down the road who took over the old Hamills - look around, there's a plethora of online firearm importers in this country.
It's part of a wider picture for bricks and mortar retail in general - talk of womens' fashion shops charging women to try on dresses because they size it in the shop then order it online. Used bookstores throwing out people using handheld scanners to match their prices against ebay and the like to see if it's worth buying the book and reselling it for profit, we've all heard the stories - retail is a hard slog

Moritz the gunsmith has gone to NZ Ammunition Co in Upper Hutt and when I asked the boys what they were doing they assured me they were gonna be male prostitutes - cheerful as ever..

Originally Posted by Dougie

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????

Originally Posted by 308

It's true
All they'd tell me is that the owner pulled the plug

As best I can tell the internet is the main competitor, not that bunch of spankcarrots down the road who took over the old Hamills - look around, there's a plethora of online firearm importers in this country.
It's part of a wider picture for bricks and mortar retail in general - talk of womens' fashion shops charging women to try on dresses because they size it in the shop then order it online. Used bookstores throwing out people using handheld scanners to match their prices against ebay and the like to see if it's worth buying the book and reselling it for profit, we've all heard the stories - retail is a hard slog

Moritz the gunsmith has gone to NZ Ammunition Co in Upper Hutt and when I asked the boys what they were doing they assured me they were gonna be male prostitutes - cheerful as ever..

Ah, well that's a shame but I can totally understand it. You're 100% correct about Retail being a bloody hard business these days.

I hope to see the guys kicking around, I near hugged them when I saw them at the Sika Show! That gunsmith is hard case crack up. All the best to them all.

Originally Posted by 308

It's true
All they'd tell me is that the owner pulled the plug

As best I can tell the internet is the main competitor, not that bunch of spankcarrots down the road who took over the old Hamills - look around, there's a plethora of online firearm importers in this country.
It's part of a wider picture for bricks and mortar retail in general - talk of womens' fashion shops charging women to try on dresses because they size it in the shop then order it online. Used bookstores throwing out people using handheld scanners to match their prices against ebay and the like to see if it's worth buying the book and reselling it for profit, we've all heard the stories - retail is a hard slog

Moritz the gunsmith has gone to NZ Ammunition Co in Upper Hutt and when I asked the boys what they were doing they assured me they were gonna be male prostitutes - cheerful as ever..

Im not surprised Mainly Hunting went out of business. No foot/car traffic and not open in the weekends except Saturday morning. Thats a formula for failure straight away. Its a pity as they were by far the most interesting gun store in Wellington. We look at opening a bricks and mortar every few months but the figures never work out, nor the lifestyle.

My phone call log shows I rang Dead Eye Dicks at 1549 yesty and ordered a Slik Carbon Tripod and ball head.

Delivered 1221 today great service thank you.

B

Originally Posted by Dougie

South African guy. I had to pin him down to talk, with eye contact and "Gidday", picking up stuff going to the counter and I still couldn't get anyone to speak to me.

I asked, "do you not sell magazines here?" And he grunted a no, I said "oh. I write for NZO and I wanted to provide some free advertising of a shop in return for getting things posted here" another grunt, looking at the floor, I gave up at that point. No suggestion of who I could go to instead like who the manager or owner was to talk to. I bought my item and left in awkward silence.

I'm not trying to say I'm a big headed be all and end all.

What I loved about Mainly Hunting was the genuine love and enthusiasm of the outdoors and passion to get people onto things. They were always honest and helpful and excited. I was hoping for a similar thing in HB. Perhaps it was a bad day for this chap. I might give it another go but the mag may well say no anyway seeing as they don't sell any magazines.


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Thats Mark, hes actually a bloody good guy and very knowledgeable with all things firearms and hunting.

Unfortunately with the sale of the business some of them be loosing there jobs. So staff morale may not be at a record high.

Once again, its all about context and knowing the bigger picture.